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The Library of Congress holds 173M+ items — free online. Discover Chronicling America, Sanborn Maps & more for your family history research. Founded April 24, 1800.

National Library Week 2026 Is Here — Find Your Joy: And Genealogists, This One’s For Us National Library Week 2026 runs April 19–25, sponsored by the American Library Association — and if you do family history research, this is your week too. Let me be honest with you. I don’t need a designated week to…

Esther Howland and the Case of the Missing Valentine Esther Howland: The year is 1850. The cobblestone streets of Worcester, Massachusetts, are slick with a winter mist, and the air inside the Howland family’s stationery shop is thick with the scent of dried paste, delicate lace, and the sharp tang of ink. Behind the counter,…

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International Archives and the Research Breakthrough You’ve Been Waiting For There’s a moment every genealogist knows. You’ve traced your family back through American census records, naturalization papers, maybe even a ship manifest. And then you hit the ocean. The trail vanishes into an old country — a village in County Cork, a province in Galicia,…

International Archives Day is June 9 check out our genealogy guide to finding aids, NARA, state archives, church records, and ArchiveGrid. Start your search today.