As one generation fades to the next, new memories are created. But memories are lost, too, as older relatives pass on and take lifetimes of stories with them. What are we to do? We ...

Several years ago, a cousin sent genealogist Karen Watson on an unusual errand: to find a family tomb built in 1848 in the woods of Limington, Maine. Locating the tomb required two ...

AFTER WELCOMING OVER A MILLION visitors to its all-free, all-online event in 2021, the world’s largest annual genealogy event announced it will have a similar format for 2022. Ro ...

Sunny Jane Morton is a contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, content manager at Your DNA Guide and industry expert on the giant genealogy websites. Subscription genealogy w ...

The Israel Genealogy Research Association has reached a milestone 2 million records available online. The collections include material from more than 60 archives ...

Consumer DNA company Family Tree DNA* overhauled its online experience this summer. According to the company, Family Finder (autosomal) customers can expect ...

RESEARCH TIP: Photos of Old Buildings If your ancestor’s home was leveled to make room for another building (and thus, won’t appear in person or on Google Earth today), look fo ...

familytree MAGAZINE 2021 BEST STATE WEBSITES Each year, we scan the field to find the best genealogy websites for your US-based research. With so many terrific state-focused sites ...