A quest to claim America's birth certificate
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Her family did not. Her father was killed and her sister starved to death. When the Russian army arrived, the rest of her family fled into western Germany.
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A family history website launches a new service to help track down people's unknown relatives with DNA tests.
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Newly discovered documents reveal the Frank familyâs desperate efforts in 1941 to get to the U.S. or Cuba.
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Also: Ancestry.com puts 90M war records online. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Spurred by technological strides like DNA matching, some families hope to find the remains of World War II soldiers.
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U.S. citizens living abroad who want to participate in the 2008 primary elections have a number of options.
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WASHINGTON - For less than $200 and a cheek-swiped cotton swab, amateur historians will soon be able to add DNA results to family tree Web sites.
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So what if you&#39;re not Abe Lincoln or Marilyn Monroe? Now you can get your face on a stamp anyway. Stamps.com has launched a service where you can upload a photo of yourself -- or your dog or your favorite chair -- and get it sent back to you as a stamp.
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NEW YORK  - With health officials now  urging Americans to dig into their family health history,  experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools -- and  upcoming holiday gatherings -- to get started on the project.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A rare, 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence found by a bargain hunter at a Nashville thrift shop is being valued by experts at about 100,000 times the $2.48 purchase price.
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A key question remains: How many highly skilled immigrants does it take to fill America's needs?
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The forensic science of processing and identifying the dead
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Ancestry.com is unveiling more than 90 million U.S. war records from the first English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 through the Vietnam War's end in 1975
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By Emily Steel The Wall Street Journal  From the beginning, the Internet has attracted people seeking to research their family trees -- and sites wanting to make money off their pursuits.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday considered a law requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot, its most important voting rights case since Bush v. Gore settled the 2000 presidential election.
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Foreigners entering the United States in three cities were fingerprinted, photographed and subjected to background checks Monday in a test of a program that will eventually
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As genealogical societies and Web sites proliferate and DNA testing becomes more widely available, researching family roots has become a passion for many Americans.