Is ancestry history? The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly-revised race question ...

If you’re trying to trace your family tree or want to know more about your relatives, the newly-released 1950 U.S. Census data may help. Unlike other historical records that may not exist, census data ...

Back in 1930, Tom Hanks' grandfather chased squirrels for a living, Walt Disney lived in an $8,000 Los Angeles home, and Elvis Presley's family didn't own a radio. These are just a few tidbits one can ...

For Ancestry.com, big data is about to get even bigger. The subscription-based website for finding long-lost relatives already has 6.7 billion historical records and 4.8 billion people named in family ...

Seventy-two years ago, someone knocked on your ancestor's door and asked them a series of questions. Friday, all of that information will be at your fingertips. So break out the family tree and ...

Some of the newspaper articles describe the buying and selling of enslaved people, while others offer rewards for the return of runaways. Ancestry Thanks to the rise of commercial genealogy platforms, ...

FILE - An envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident sits on a desk on on April 5, 2020, in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a ...

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