The world's first telegram was sent May 24, 1844, from Washington to Baltimore. Inventor Samuel Morse borrowed from the Old Testament for his first message, which was the sentence,"What hath God wrought?"

The Internet is providing genealogists with such a veritable avalanche of new digital databases it's literally impossible to keep up.

As wonderful a resource as the Internet is, genealogists can't get very far without interviewing people.

Sometimes sources of genealogical information are so obvious we don't see them.

DNA is a valuable genealogical tool, but it isn't the be-all, end-all for finding lost ancestors or living relatives.

As my mail carrier trudges up the sidewalk with another handful of Christmas cards and letters I struggle to get more than 100 of my own out the door, I am grateful for the opportunity to renew contacts with family and friends.

Were someone to ask me to list the three most important rules for family history, I'd say: Write it down, write it down and write it down. And the fourth rule would be: Write it down right now.

When genealogists talk about censuses, they're usually - almost always - talking about federal censuses.

Digital Nirvana isn't here yet, but every day it inches, leaps and bounds closer.

Although I'm a professional photographer, among other things, I'm sometimes not quite certain how much I like George Eastman.

Genealogists all play the Name That Name Game, and it's not as easy as you might think.

Winds of controversy are ruffling genealogical feathers and causing some cyber tussels among participants in online genealogical discussions.

Our genealogical success relies significantly on our understanding of history, and -- unfortunately -- our history often isn't what we think it was.

Del 15 de Setiembre al 15 de Octubre se celebra el Mes de la Herencia Hispana.

I tripped and fell face first into journalism so long ago that some academics consider it a different age.

Genealogists don't need computers to pursue their family history and certainly many do still toil with paper and pencil, pen or typewriter.

A rose by any other name might smell the same, but a name spelled in a weird way is more akin to skunk cabbage.