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According to some estimates, about 2 percent of the American population is adopted. But adoption doesn’t affect adoptees alone. From biological parents to siblings, adoptive parents, and adoptees themselves, many people are affected in the process.] And most surveys show -
The Civil War is an integral part of our history, and nearly every person living in the United States at that time was affected by it. The war fought between 1861 and 1865 involved about 3.5 million soldiers from both sides—many -
National DNA Day is just around the corner, and it’s the perfect day to learn about and celebrate the wondrous molecule that helps us develop, reproduce and survive. Celebrated annually on April 25th, National DNA Day commemorates both the Human -
Popularinterest in building family trees has significantly grown in the past few years. This is partly due to the widespread availability of DNA tests and the information readily available in online databases such as Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch and other similar -
In your genealogy research, you’ll find yourself drawn to US census records right at the beginning. And that makes perfect sense!. The US Federal Census has been done every ten years since 1790. If your ancestors lived in the US, -
Investigative genetic genealogy is also often referred to as forensic genealogy and has been around as a practice since about the 1950s. However, since it wasn’t a widely known methodology until much recently, very few people knew much about it until
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DNA is the acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid. It’s the largest biomolecule of the cell that codes genetic make-up. -
If you’ve been working on your family tree for a while, you’ve probably turned to newspapers at some point while looking for obituaries. However, many new researchers don’t realize that newspaper archives are an absolute treasure trove for those trying -
When trying toresearch your family history, the process is typically fun and it can even seem to be easy in the beginning. But as you keep researching from one generation to the next, sooner or later, you’re bound to hit a