Family History & Genealogy

Recently, Oscar Marion became the first slave who fought in the Revolutionary War to receive military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Marion was the personal slave of Brig. Gen. Francis…

Relatives of the 19th-century Cincinnati beer baron Christian Moerlein began the day at Philippus United Church of Christ, which Moerlein helped found; the church procured a pipe organ which Moerlein’s…

The president of Philadelphia’s African-American Genealogical Group, John T. Logan, still returns to central Kentucky to search family tree branches. Logan, 51, was born near Muncie, Indiana, but from the…

Historic Independence, Missouri, is rich in genealogy resources including the new Midwest Genealogy Center. Holdings offer extensive microfilm and microfiche sources, including US census records, Civil War histories, Native American…