Genealogy News

Wayne County Genealogy Society, 10 a.m. , Genealogy room of the Wayne County Public Library, Wooster.

The inaugural Sapphire Coast Family History Expo is set to hit the Valley on August 9 as part of National Family History Month The Women in War theatre presentation will feature Leith Arundel in Radio Silence written by Alana Valentine, a play about the Women's Auxiliary Air Force .

Mary Ann Norris Welsh, who lives in Ocean Pines, Md., is interested in genealogy.

Searching for birth mother of baby boy Buckley, born May 17, 1951, Pomeroy, WA. Mother was born in Riverside, Okanogan, Washington, 1932.

Brooke Hills Park's 60th anniversary celebration continued Wednesday, and descendants of the Gist family were on hand to shed some light on the park's roots.

Veteran actress Julie Walters was left stunned while tracing her family history on U.K. genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are ? when she discovered her great-grandfather was once accused of murder.

Looking for sister.. Benita lynn Powers was born march 27,1966 in California to Paul and Elaine powers.

After a Queens Rabbi discovered that the grave of his relative, a Jewish World War II soldier, was marked with a Cross instead of a Star of David, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand went to work, successfully lobbying the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the soldier's resting place be properly honored.

Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson was left shocked and stunned after learning his great-grandfather had been accused of murdering his aunt while tracing his family tree on U.S. genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are ? The Modern Family star recently taped his voyage of ancestral discovery for producer Lisa Kudrow's Tv series, and reveals he had no idea ... (more)

Willard Harris from Framingham, Mass. gets help from his Island cousin, Merry Carruthers and Alberton Museum manager Arlene Morrison, in researching his ancestry in the museum's new Eileen Oulton Genelogy Centre.

Minor T. Weisiger, Archives Research Services Coordinator for the Library of Virginia, shared his excitement about a series of programs concerning research at the Library of Virginia, particularly the upcoming Genealogy Workshop.

It soon grew into a passion and has become a way that Clunie makes a difference by preserving the records of area families for generations to come.

A family history researcher who documented the stories behind two Suffolk war memorials is preparing for a fundraising challenge in aid of the Army's national charity.

TOP MARKS: Social Sciences Fair president Lloyd Esler is impressed with the diorama of the Norwegian whaling base at Stewart Island made by Sophie Connor, year 6, from Halfmoon Bay School, who won the Heritage South section first prize for her effort.

CongrA s Mondial Acadien is an international cultural event that takes place every five years as more than 50,000 Francophones converge from around the world.

From her father's war records, Pam Valentine unraveled a family mystery that led her from western Sydney to Westminster.

July 28: General meeting of the Grapevine Historical Society, 7 p.m., Grapevine Public Library, 1201 Municipal Way, "History of the Grapevine Fire Department" by former Fire Chief Bill Powers and current Fire Chief Steve Bass and his successor Chief Darrell Brown.

This course, offered at the Palermo Library, will feature handouts and family forms with instructions and a high degree of hands on experience.

Most of Vladimir Paley's clients want him to dig up their family history with one goal in mind: making a case to obtain foreign citizenship and leave Russia.

Today on behalf of the Magic City Morning Star team I would like to welcome our newest book reviewer, Laure McCourt Lopez.