Ah, February, how we do love thee! Valentine’s Day is a time for celebrating and remembering love — emphasizing its importance in our lives. As a genealogist, I use this ...

How to conduct African American genealogical research ... of family-related matters such as birth, marriage and death certificates. The most reliable records for the pre-Civil War era may be ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the ...

women in the labor force hit a record high of 78.4%. Meanwhile, the median age of American women's first marriage has crept steadily upward, from 20.8 in 1970 to 28.3 in 2023. The shift toward the ...