The notorious maritime tragedy, plus stories about researching steamship passengers.
When it struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic on 14 April 1912, the RMS Titanic made headlines around the world.
Now, eighty-five years after the famous nautical disaster, the Titanic is dominating the media once again.
An overview of Italian civil documents.
Italy is a country of striking contrasts. The high, isolated mountainvillages and beautiful beaches of the fashionable Italian Riviera, aswell as the storied variety of Italian art and music, are just part ofwhat makes Italy the diverse delight so many people love.
Following the railroad track to new roots.
“They put us all on a big platform in some big building while people came from all around the countryside to pick out those of us they wished to take home. I was four years old, and my sister was only two . .
Tracing elusive farming ancestors.
Hardworking farm families who farmed the land from the turn of the twentieth century until the 1940s are sometimes difficult to trace. This is especially true if they were tenant farmers, worked a farm for an owner, or, literally moved frequently to greener pastures.
Explore the fever that helped settle the Golden State.
A century and a half ago, James Marshall discovered gold in northern California’s American River. The discovery spurred the rapid development of one of the nation’s most populous and influential states.
a visit to the National Archives and Records Administration–Northeast Region
The National Archives and Records Administration-Northeast Region is tucked away in the heart of Manhattan, in the nation’s cultural and financial center. The artifacts of our country’s diverse history are preserved in more than 65,000 cubic feet of carefully organized and managed records.
An overview of the rich resources in the National Archives regions.
Living up to the definition of the word “titanic,” the recent movie and Broadway musical of the same name continue to smash box-office records. According to recent accounts in Publisher’s Weekly magazine, sales of Titanic-themed books are also steaming ahead with vigor.
The DRSW project is an ongoing exercise in collecting, preserving, cataloging, and publishing archival materials. This exercise has created a priceless research source for family historians doing Hispanic research.
Documentary Relations of the Southwest (DRSW) is a pioneering project in computerized databases for scholarly and genealogical research.
Salt Lake City has a lot of history to share.
Salt Lake City and the surrounding area is home to nearly 1.2 million people and the world’s largest repository of genealogical information. But genealogy is not Salt Lake’s only claim to fame, nor is it the only aspect that brings people to this western city.
Are your family legends only stories? Finding the answer is part of genealogy.
For many centuries, Irish storytellers—seanchai (pronounced: shanachie)— have captivated listeners with tales of local history and ancestral lineages. These storytellers have inherited their knowledge and craft from generations of seanchai dating back to the pre-Christian bards of the Druids.
