Genealogy News

The Elk Horn phone book is filled with Andersens, ChristenA sens, Petersens, Eskovs, Clausens, Sorensens, Madsens, Mortensens and Jacobsens.

At Pinecrest Branch Library, there are homeschooling groups where children and parents get to sit on rugs and cushions while working together.

Joe's father, George Miclau, immigrated to the United States in 1913. He was only 13. He eventually settled near Tawas, raised 13 children and didn't talk much about the "old country."

Walnut Grove - Friday night the Ingall's family will arrive in Walnut Grove 1874, leaving their home in Pepin Wisconsin the previous winter. The community of Walnut Grove will again host the Laura Ingall's Wilder Pageant, Fragments of a Dream for the 37th year.

A memorial service will be held at the Universalist Church in Woodstock on July 17 at 11 a.m. for Kathryn Dimick Wendling, 81, who passed away peacefully at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon on July 3. She was born in Burlington on Aug. 23, 1932, the oldest of six children of Howard and Marion Dimick.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Alabama Department of Archives and History will host My History Day from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday.

HISTORIAN Sheridan Parsons is writing a book on the First World War soldiers from Royal Wootton Bassett and has been overwhelmed by the response of the townspeople.

In the case of unpublished historical manuscripts in copyright till 2039 in the UK, where the original author is long dead and there is no designated copyright holder, how does copyright work once you get down a generation or two and have multiple heirs of seemingly equal standing? Must everyone be consulted and agree, or if a will never mentioned ... (more)

This series takes an historical look into a community by exploring the genealogy of its citizens.

There's a lot of buzz about the STARZ series "Outlander," even though it doesn't start until Aug. 9. That's because the show is based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon, and the first one, "Outlander" was published in 1991 and has quite a following.

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society will hold its monthly general meeting from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 19 at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance St. in Santa Barbara.

By JEANNIE WILEY WOLF Staff Writer Sharon Tyson and her daughter, Ana Trevino, are on a mission to return pieces of the past to the families they belong to.

I am searching for my step-mothers daughter Jolene Kay Latham given up at birth in 1965.

Children ages 5 to 18 can participate in a free tennis clinic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Franklin County High School, 1100 East Main Street, Frankfort.

Festa Italiana Minnesota will be held on August 1 to 3, 2014 at Island Lake Park on North Victoria Street in Shoreview, Minnesota.

Hollywood star George Clooney has been delving further into his Irish roots recently, and now genealogist Fiona Fitzsimons has discovered that one of his direct Irish ancestors was "systematically victimised" by the authorities for working on the Sabbath.

The Humanities Texas replica map exhibit includes copies of the earliest known map to outline the Gulf of Mexico.

This sad fact was amply demonstrated a few weeks ago when a DDoS attack was levied against the popular genealogy website Ancestry.com, wreaking havoc with its services.

The high school yearbook offered no early photos of a celebrity and didn't provide insight into a major happening in a big city.

Thomas Partlow, the man who still keeps the Wilson County Archives alive and well in conjunction with Linda Grandstaff, was born on South Maple Street and moved one time to West Spring Street, where he still resides.