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Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

Winter is a great time to work on your family history research! The first genealogy class of 2025 will be held on Thursday, ...

The final scans for the Priaulx Library have been completed in internet genealogy giant Findmypast’s efforts to digitise ...

The world’s largest library partnered with the Kansas State Department of Education to embark on a tour through four cities ...

If you can read cursive, you might just be able to help the National Park Service tackle a huge upcoming project. Here's how ...

Somewhere in Oakland Cemetery is the grave of Nathan Weeks, a New York native who was tasked to defend Minnesotans during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. But even those who know it’s there ...

Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the ...

After stumbling upon her rich family history, the Fort Worth woman made it her mission to save a historic freedom colony in ...

For the first time during Black History Month, thousands of documents connected to slavery in Bibb County are available to ...

Plus, applications being accepted for TCF grants, spaghetti dinner to benefit Brookhaven Town Watch, St. Pius X Over 50 ...