Philadelphia is handing a massive slice of its past to Ancestry.com, signing off on a multi‑year concession that will see ...

The new partnership will put millions of historic documents online, raising new questions about who governs searchable civic ...

A new partnership will digitize historical records from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to help preserve them, protect their ownership and incorporate them into genealogy search ...

The New York State Library and New York State Archives are working with global nonprofit FamilySearch International in an effort to expand access to some of the state’s most important ...

Whether you want to authenticate well-loved family stories or are unaware of your family history and need a place to start, personal DNA testing has never been easier. At-home DNA tests are a popular ...

FIRST ON FOX: The Guinness Storehouse at St. James’s Gate in Dublin, Ireland houses more than just the secrets of Ireland’s famous pillow-soft, ruby-black stout. It also houses one of the world’s ...

For more than a century, many people of Irish descent have faced a daunting predicament when searching for details about their families’ pasts. A 1922 fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin at ...