American Ancestors

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American Ancestors is a National Center for Family History, Heritage & Culture. Through our YouTube channel, you can learn about family history research, gen...

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Forged in Revolution Paul Revere’s Sons of Liberty Bowl

Breaking New Ground How Land Records Can Help in Family History Research

To Die For A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes with Rosie Grant

Declarations of Americanism Jewish-American Displays of National Identity

The Black Family Who Built America with Cheryl McKissack Daniel

Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar, 1650

The Houses of Guinness

In Concert How Jewish Women Built Community Through Music

Slain, Beheaded & Imprisoned How the Howard Family Survived the Tudors

Claire McCardell The Designer Who Set Women Free

La Foce Paradise in Tuscany

Belonging An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England w Gloria McCahon Whiting

Imagining Early American Jews

Faith and Family Tracing the Religious Roots of Ireland's Past

Last Seen The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families

Leveraging Tech Tools in Family History Research with American Ancestors

Lost Great Houses of Ireland

The Dos and Don'ts of Online Family Trees

The Road that Made America A Modern Pilgrim's Journey on the Great Wagon Road, with James Dodson

Chop Suey on Shabbat How American Jews Embraced Chinese Food

From Dates to Stories How Timeline Can Transform Your Family History Research

Radical Cartography How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World with William Rankin

Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House A Designer's Dream

Philanthropy in Boston’s Jewish Community at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Will Eisner A Comics Biography

The Wounded Generation Coming Home After World War II with author David Nasaw

Planning a Research Trip to New England

Castle Howard's 21st Century Renaissance

Clues of Service Determining the Military Service of Your Ancestors

Angelica For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution with Author Molly Beer