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 ...

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Every “journey home” begins at home. The search to learn more about your ancestors—who they were, where they came from, what happened to them, and why—starts in conversations with relatives, in the ...

When Maxine Piecuch delved deep into the world of genealogy research, she wasn't even sure of her father's first name. He'd died of pneumonia, she was told, before she was 2, and the Missouri native — ...

This is like a local version of the popular PBS program, “Finding Your Roots." Ancestry Special. This is like a local version of the popular PBS program, “Finding ...

On Tuesday night’s episode of Finding Your Roots, the Henry Louis Gates Jr.-hosted PBS celebrity genealogy show, the musician and producer Questlove (Amir Thompson) will get a chance to uncover his ...

Viviette L. White, a librarian at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, explained why it’s necessary for African Americans to seek out their ancestral roots. “It’s very important for African-Americans to ...

African Ancestry co-founder Dr. Gina Paige helps Black people connect to their personal history one swab at a time. She credits her family for her interest in connecting others to their lineages. “I ...

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