A mile into Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon, heading east from Salt Lake City toward the Wasatch ski slopes, several concrete arches open into the face of a mountain. Behind doors designed to ...

Recently released, “The Book of Ancestry: Forgotten Ones of Oakwood Cemetery” sheds light on the lives of African Americans buried in the High Point cemetery’s ‘Colored’ section. “These were ...

PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. — In 1990, a man named Jay Eric Nelson, of Altamonte Springs, Florida, compiled a more than 100-page book tracing his family history back to 1859, when the family's ancestor, named ...

In 1990, a man named Jay Eric Nelson, of Altamonte Springs, Florida, compiled a more than 100-page book tracing his family history back to 1859, when the family's ancestor, named Thor, immigrated from ...

CONWAY — Robert Hoyt of Bowling Green, Ky., formerly of Conway, has just published his fourth family history and genealogy book. This time, the subject is his wife Theresa’s maternal ancestry, the ...

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Nov. 1 (UPI) --A family history book found by the owners of a Minnesota thrift store was returned to the family thanks to the detective work of a stranger. Kim Firkus said she and her husband, Dana, ...

Karen Babine teaches in Chattanooga, but as Memorial Day draws near each year, she heads back home to Minnesota. “As soon as I can get out of here, I do. One hundred degrees from June to October is ...

OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Loretta Thompson Harris' journey to find the roots of her family tree led to some interesting finds. She was able to locate the gravesite of both her great-grandfather ...

David Lyalin, a longtime Dunwoody resident and immigrant from the former Soviet Union, has compiled his family stories into a ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. Arts in the Twin Cities are popping this week with gallery ...