Editor’s note: This story originally ran on Nov. 21, 2014. I am an amateur genealogy enthusiast seeking help with my family tree research. How can I find records of slave trading in the U.S.? I know ...

Every morning, I greet my ancestors. On my bedside table, I have a little display of their mementos: the address book that belonged to my abuela, or my grandmother in Spanish; the lenses from my ...

Van Jones is in for a shocker in this week’s upcoming episode of Finding Your Roots, finding out that he has ancestors that were freed before slavery ended. The post Van Jones Learns His Ancestors ...

Like most African Americans, I come from a family with a history that includes generations of enslavement. But unlike most, the men and women who held my ancestors in bondage were not white, they were ...

Looking for long-lost relatives? York County has a place to find your ancestors for free Daphne Ohl, former director of FamilySearch in York County, shows how to create an account and find your ...

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