Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

Surprisingly learning these stories gave me strength,” he said. “I revered these incredible people for their ability to ...

I met a handful of the Agassiz descendants on a Zoom call. They had a plan to push Harvard to right the wrongs of their ancestor's actions. More than 40 of them signed a letter to the ...

On June 21, a Louisville nonprofit will show people how to navigate the digitized records of the Catholic Church in Kentucky, ...

With 574 tribes, countless treaties and evolving court decisions, Native American law can be a complex maze. BYU law ...

They were there to honor Lewis Brady, a Black man who escaped slavery in Maryland in the 19th century, settled near Ossining, New York, toiled as an oysterman and then became a legend for defying ...

At an emotional ceremony honoring victims of lynching in Montgomery County, Maryland, the descendant of one of the attackers apologized for her ancestor’s actions. On Friday, the county ...

This weekend about 50 other descendants of Bunker Hill veterans will arrive in Charlestown to commemorate the bravery and ...

American Ancestors Takes Over Harvard Descendant Research After Layoffs Since January, the genealogical nonprofit American Ancestors has led the effort to identify the descendants of people ...

The Charlestown Historical Society is welcoming soldiers’ descendants to the city as part of their Brothers of the Battle ...