The other day, someone mentioned an individual on the 1880 census with the occupation "thief" and that in the next census, he was ...

Update: Ancestry.com just announced that software developers MacKiev have bought the rights to FTM and will continue to develop it, includ...

While researching descendants of my ancestors, I came across this interesting story, taken from " A brief history of John Valentine ...

For obvious reasons, when producing a descendant report, we often want to exclude living people, or at least hide their details. FTM does, i...

While doing research with newspapers, I came across an interesting article about a man named Ansel White in Port Angeles, Washington who w...

Christian County, Kentucky Will Book Q, p. 172-173 Ancestry.com recently added a boat load of probate records from many, many counties i...

Cynthia Herrin is responsible for a number of genealogy records collections for various locations, but it's believed that at least one...

If you haven't noticed already, Ancestry.com is updating their site design and layout. I believe they are trying to make it more tablet ...

With ventures into DNA in particular, I see a lot of people wanting to offer a scale down version of their tree, like a simple pedigree, but...

Colonial Williamsburg has presented an online "exhibit" - a little interactive tool with lots of interesting information about mon...