A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee tells the story of some 1939 dress designs that made it out of...
These 1939 Dress Designs Survived the Holocaust. Their Designer Didn’t.
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NEW! Map for African-American Genealogy Resources after the Civil War
The time period after the U.S. Civil War is a messy era for searching for African-American ancestors from the South....
Lunar Mission One: You Can Put Your DNA on the Moon
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Ebola Patients Would Likely Have Been Sent Here 130 Years Ago
When Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola it was unnerving for everyone here in the U.S. As a...
Free App, E-Book Celebrate Constitution Day
Today the United States celebrates Constitution Day! On this date in 1787--225 years ago--delegates finalized and...
Family History Episode 43: The Julian Calendar and Genealogy
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Little House on the Prairie: A New Cookbook and Old Documents
Did you ever watch or read the "Little House on the Prairie" series? It certainly fired my childhood imagination and...
Remember the Sears Catalog? It’s on Ancestry.com
Back in “the day,” American consumers window-shopped by mail with the Sears catalog. From 1888-1993, the Sears catalog...