Four letters on a jar are the only reason Pauline and Yaba Baker were able to trace back their ancestry to enslaved potter ...

It’s a new chapter for history lovers and family researchers in the Ohio Valley. The Steubenville Public Library just ...

With preparations under way to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing, Provincetown wants everyone to remember: We were first. While the town of Plymouth gets most of the attention, ...

And there was his great-grandmother, Tori Waiata Ormsby, who descended from a Scandinavian Viking named Orm. As legend has it ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ever wondered if you have an ancestor among the 103 passengers on the Mayflower? The Greater Ozarks Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants has a meeting planned for folks ...

ACCORDING TO ORGANIZERS. >> A HISTORIC LOCAL RESTAURANT WAS JUST NAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST PLACES IN AMERICA. >> THAT’S RIGHT, THE MAYFLOWER CAFE, LOCATED ON WEST CAPITOL STREET IN JACKSON, NAMED TO ...

Meredith (Doten) Lightfoot, age 97, of West Bridgewater, passed away on May 31, 2025, at Life Care Center of West Bridgewater. She was the wife of the late Austin R. Lightfoot and the mother of Paul ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. “Still gasping over the sensational seizure of six Lewiston taxis and the ...

The Isale-Eko Descendants Union (IDU) has launched a Job Database, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at connecting indigenes of Isale-Eko with employment opportunities across Lagos State. The ...

As she prepares for Thanksgiving each year, Betsy Slagle thinks about an ancestor: Francis Cooke, who arrived in Massachusetts with fellow Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620. Thirteen generations later ...