Trips bring genealogy buffs closer to their roots

SALT LAKE CITY Jan Gow's annual pilgrimage from New Zealand to Salt Lake City is not to enjoy Utah's ski resorts, red rock canyons or five national parks. It's to explore the ribbons of microfilm

Calendar

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Graying Adoptees Still Seeking Their Identities

Graying adoptees say their lifelong search for identity is quashed by archaic and barbaric state laws. Birth certificate - Adoption - Home - Family - Search and Reunion

Thousands enjoy Chickasaw Cultural Center opening

More than 1,000 visitors experienced Chickasaw culture during the July 24 opening day of the Chickasaw Cultural Center. Opening of the center was the culmination of a decades-long dream for Chickasaw people.

Museum faces tough decisions

OLD MYSTIC - In late March, The Indian and Colonial Research Center building, stood like a rock in the middle of a river while flood waters - high enough to strand cars in Old Mystic - tore past its front doors. But three months later, the museum's doors are still closed to visitors even as it announced the launch of its new, grant-funded website. Literally at the intersection of Main St ...

Conference coming here

Deborah Robinson has researched her family's history for 20 years. Like many New Yorkers, her roots are planted firmly in Lowcountry soil. The Edisto Island descendant has visited this area many times, but her next visit will be different.