Fifth generation winemaker Cole Ballentine reflects on the last 100 years of family history that brought the Howell Mountain ...

In early America, local governments, the courts and the clergy collected vital data like births, marriages and deaths. But these records weren’t the only tools people used to track their family ...

DEAR ABBY: As a baby boomer and an amateur genealogist, I am continually frustrated by the lack of interest my grandchildren’s generation seems to have in learning about their family history -- ...

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