genealogy

Two family histories by Americans connected to Europe’s twentieth century through their fascist grandfathers seek to occupy the void between history and memory.

The ‘methods and collections’ of genealogists are political because they have a great deal in common with genealogy as a way of doing history.

We're born with a hunger for connection with our ancestors – both biological and spiritual.

I wish I’d asked my grandfather more questions.

From origin stories to blood-purity statutes, we have long enlisted genealogy to serve our own purposes.

In "A Nation of Descendants," Francesca Morgan traces the American use and abuse of genealogy from the Daughters of the American Revolution to Roots.

Researchers create massive genealogical network dating back 100,000 years

It’s never been easier to piece together a family tree. But what if it brings uncomfortable facts to light?

A genealogist takes a closer look at Joe Biden's family history.

A scholar of the history of race sets out on an exploration of his own family roots, and despite his better judgement, is moved by what he discovers.

The fees could rise nearly 500 percent for files documenting the arrival of millions of immigrants to the U.S. between the late 19th and mid 20th centuries

In Washington’s Virginia, family was a crucial determinant of social and economic status, and freedom.

How do you make a family tree when you may not know your family history?

Yvonne Seale on a bizarre and fanciful piece of genealogical scholarship and what it tells us about identity in late 19th-century America.

Knowing I come from people who lived hard lives and endured terrible things is difficult. Knowing that I come from someone who ruined lives haunts me.

Some of my ancestors had money, and some held awful beliefs. I set out to investigate what I once stood to inherit.

Among America's political elite, 5 living presidents, 2 Supreme Court justices, 11 governors, and 100 legislators have ancestors who enslaved Black people.

The National Genealogical Society is one of the oldest, largest groups dedicated to helping families trace their ancestries.

Questions are swirling in New Hampshire around attempts by two local groups to gain tribal recognition.

After the Spanish conquest, horses transformed Native American tribes much earlier than historians thought.