2025 was the third hottest year on record, but thousands of cities saw record heat and one broke a record for cold.

The Irish Family History Forum will meet this Saturday morning, Jan. 17, at the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 West Merrick ...

Allies of President Trump are behind the federal lawsuits challenging various aspects of the once-a-decade count by the U.S.

It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some ...

The mystery serial killer would claim the lives of at least five victims and was in the midst of his protracted cat-and-mouse game with police and the media. He had at that stage attacked two young ...

[Editor’s note: This essay first appeared in the “Chapters of Our Lives” issue of PREMIUM Magazine, which featured personal storytelling.] I’ve always been interested in current events, which led me ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We know the census happens every 10 years, but some of the most personal details collected are sealed for 72 years to protect privacy. Genealogists and amateurs who research ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. Leaders at the National Archives and Records Administration are ...

More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents are in need of transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority of them are handwritten in cursive – requiring people who know the flowing, ...

“You had better remove the records,” Secretary of State James Monroe warned President James Madison during the War of 1812 as British troops advanced toward Washington to burn it down. The U.S.

Free sessions hosted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture offer visitors advice on researching their genealogy Tracy Scott Forson - Senior Editor Genealogy researchers use ...