Online genealogy research is getting a big shot in the arm from FamilySearch’s newly announced Records Access program. Project organizers say the goal is to promote a genealogical tidal wave of online databases.

FamilySearch is starting the program to increase public access to vast FULL STORY »

One of the largest free genealogy database sites on the internet is adding U. S. Revolutionary War records to its offerings.

The 200+ year-old data will soon be at the fingertips of millions of family history researchers, thanks in large part to FamilySearch, a nonprofit genealogical organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FULL STORY »

If you have ancestors from Nova Scotia, a new genealogy database allows you to search for them in certain birth, marriage and death records, for free online.

The records include one million names found in birth records from 1864 to 1877, marriages from 1864 to 1930, and death records from FULL STORY »

Scottish ancestry research is getting a very big boost from the internet’s largest online genealogy website. Ancestry.com has completed its Scotland Census Collection, 1841 - 1901, containing more than 24 million names.

The complete Scotland Census Collection adds to Ancestry.com’s FULL STORY »

Online genealogy has one free resource available where just about everyone can expect to find an ancestor or two. That’s the Social Security Death Index, available at Rootsweb.

At last count, it contained nearly 80 million names of Americans who received Social Security benefits from the 1930’s until the present. FULL STORY »

Genealogists around the world will likely keep an eye on the massive new census project announced this week by the National Archives of the United Kingdom. It’s teaming with internet genealogy site ScotlandOnline (home to ScotlandsPeople) to bring the 1911 England and Wales census to the web. FULL STORY »

One of the best free genealogy resources on the internet is getting even better. The mammoth U. S. GenWeb Project (which marked its ten year online anniversary last year) is busy tweaking one of its most important search areas.

Since February, a state-by-state search function has been under construction, with completion expected by June. FULL STORY »

One of genealogy research’s ultimate brick walls has long been African American ancestry. The dark years of segregation, coupled with the darker days of slavery, have proven to be huge obstacles for individuals digging into their African American ancestral lines. Many have simply given up, happy to get as far back as they can, while others press on, digging into records that can stir many emotions. FULL STORY »

In the course of their genealogy research, many Americans will eventually come across an ancestor who served in the Civil War. The 1861 - 1865 battle between North and South left nearly half a million soldiers dead, and just as many wounded. Millions more wore the blue or the gray. FULL STORY »

A fast-growing online genealogy database website continues to bring in some important historical records. WorldVitalRecords.com has announced it has received more than 10 million records from the National Archives and Records Administration.

The Provo, Utah-based website announced on Friday its receipt of FULL STORY »