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Online death notice doesn't prove Joe Biden is dead; anyone can update | Fact check
USA Today· 3 days agoA June 13 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a woman navigating through the Ancestry....
This database could help descendants of enslaved people learn about their ancestry
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 5 days agoAncestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans.
A Stranger Invited Me to Our Family's Reunion
Thrillist Food & Drink· 7 days agoIt was the middle of June in Jackson, Mississippi, where temperatures were in the mid 90s. Eight years earlier, a woman named Angela Weathers had sent me...
On eve of Juneteenth, exploring a personal connection
Axios· 5 days agoMy great-great-grandmother, Francisca Martinez, was a woman of mystery who may have been born to...
A peek at an establishment participating in Juneteenth NYC Restaurant Crawl
CBS News· 6 days agoStep into Native Restaurant and Lounge in Bushwick where there is a celebration of the vibrant...
Eva Longoria Shares How "Cousin" Meryl Streep Confused Their Costars
E! News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEva Longoria and Meryl Streep learned they are distant relatives, with Eva joking Meryl confused...
Archie Moore On Plotting 65,000 Years of Indigenous History
Artnet News· 5 days agoArchie Moore has made history. Not only did he become the first artist from Australia and the first...
Discovering your family received 40 acres—only to have them seized back
Mother Jones· 5 days ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
‘Heartbreaking’: After 120 years, Belding church closing
WOOD via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHoping to give the painting to one of Mooers’ descendants, Wagner embarked on a search using ...
DREAMERS AND DOERS: DuBois native pens first book about history, love for hometown
Jeffersonian Democrat· 2 days agoDr. William “Bill” Beckwith, who was a cardiologist for 38 years, embarked on a different journey...