Probably the most used method we have of keeping track of our ancestors is the pedigree chart, which closely resembles the typical "family tree" chart. It begins with one person, other lines extend ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society invites the public to its monthly meeting on Saturday, October 18, featuring ...

A weighty tome sits on Michael Hengst’s kitchen table in Lower Paxton Twp. It’s 1,044 pages, heavier than Vogue’s latest September issue and has his name emblazoned in gold on the front. “The Hengst ...

"The Power of the Catalog - Unindexed Records and How to Find Them" is the title of a presentation by genealogist Risa Daitzman Heywood for the Sunday, July 24, 2022, virtual meeting of the Jewish ...

PHOENIX, AZ — Forensic genealogist Cairenn Binder is using science to identify a young woman found in the desert south of Apache Junction back in 1992. Binder's organization, DNA Doe Project, helps ...

Correspondent photo / Nancilynn Gatta Tim Seman, president of the Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, gestures to his laptop during his presentation “Military Genealogy: ...