A writer's search for her Jamaican ancestors reveals how the largest efforts yet to digitize and connect slavery-era records ...

A Newport, Rhode Island grande dame gave rise to Britain’s royal family. An excerpt from the new book American Crown explains ...

ABC News and American Ancestors found the first confirmed living descendants of an enslaved individual who helped build the ...

Mark Farrell preserves his great-grandfather's Civil War diary, sharing its historic contents and legacy for anyone to enjoy.

Initially, the town of Hannibal extended all the way to the west side of the Oswego River. However, on April 20, 1818, by act ...

Arkport's Eunice Young and other Steuben County natives have famously been held as prisoners of war: History column.

A Jacksonville woman's search for her ancestor uncovered the untold Revolutionary War story of Cowford, now immortalized on a ...

Bob Brody, a consultant and essayist, is author of the memoir “Playing Catch with Strangers: A Family Guy (Reluctantly) Comes of Age.” In May, I visited an Italian high school to encourage a classroom ...

In May, I traveled to England to interview, film and photograph for a documentary and articles marking Karl G. Maeser and Brigham Young University’s 150th anniversary celebration. During the trip, our ...

YORK — The sound of laughter rolls out into the parking lot, welcoming late arrivals to Allison Creek Presbyterian Church. Greetings and handshakes turn into long embraces for those who've made the ...

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show with Part 2 of my recent interview with the reporter Chris McGreal, who was the Johannesburg correspondent ...