Tom Mooney

When we genealogists think of immigration through New York City, which was the gateway for millions of our American ancestors, we tend to envision the huge facility Ellis Island, now a museum and research center.

Together, Rhode Island and Massachusetts states have between 1,000 and 1,500 Knights Templar members.

Fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian favored this street in Glasglow, Scotland.

I never actually saw two kids sharing a single ice cream soda with two straws while gazing lovingly at one another.

Well, our long-awaited season of summer is on the way — sort of, at least. So, we’d better get ready.

Slowly, I turned the crank on the floor-model Victrola until I could crank no further.

The first thing you probably heard was the bouncy organ music from the merry-go-round.

While much of our focus this summer will be on July 4 and America’s 250th birthday, there is another significant event in American history coming up this month — one of special relevance to people descended from African slaves.

If you had ancestors in America during the revolution of the 1770s and 1780s, there's no better time than the month of our nation's 250th birthday to get busy and research them, courtesy of FamilySearch.

Sometimes genealogical lightning does strike. You never know where you're going to come across some source of information vital to your quest to know more about your ancestors.