Out On a Limb: World War II draft cards gold mine of information  Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

A new and potentially useful source of information about 20th-century American ancestors is being made available by FamilySearch, the free online data base.

On US slavery’s 400th anniversary, how ancestry quests help heal  The Christian Science Monitor

Why African Americans are digging into their past on the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in the U.S..

The Gene Genie: Family tree and genetic data privacy  Daily Maverick

In April 2018, genetic genealogy helped solve the case of the ‘Golden State Killer’, behind at least 50 rapes, 13 murders and 100 burglaries in California, US, …

DNA match leads to arrest in 1983 sexual assault case  WTKR News 3

A Florida woman who woke up to a stranger sexually assaulting her 36 years ago may finally get justice after DNA helped crack the brutal rape case.

DNA helped crack 1983 rape case  KRDO

A Florida woman who woke up to a stranger sexually assaulting her 36 years ago may finally get justice after DNA helped crack the brutal rape case.

DNA helped crack 1983 rape case – WISC  Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3

A Florida woman who woke up to a stranger sexually assaulting her 36 years ago may finally get justice after DNA helped crack the brutal rape case.

Man charged in Alaska cold case killing pleads not guilty  Bismarck Tribune

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Maine man pleaded not guilty in the rape and killing of a young Alaska Native woman more than 25 years ago at a University of.

Man pleads innocent to ’99 Alabama cold case slayings  WRBL

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – A man accused of killing two Dothan teens in 1999 has pleaded not guilty. News outlets report that Coley McCraney entered a plea of not …

As coroner pursues other ways to identify remains found on river island, families hope their missing loved one is coming home  Yakima Herald-Republic

As the Yakima County coroner works to identify a body found on an island in the Yakima River a few weeks ago, Trish Monoian waits and hopes, just as she.

‘DNA doesn’t lie’: Siblings put up for adoption reunite in Region after learning of each other’s existence via Ancestry.com  nwitimes.com

ST. JOHN TWP. — In January, Jody Ruble-Castle signed up for Ancestry.com on a whim.