BOSTON – The history of the Congregational Church is the history of Colonial New England. Before the birth of the nation and the separation of church and state, the plain Congregational churches that ...

In 1891, George Bradshaw and Mary Manning got married at St. Mary’s Church in Waltham. Thanks to marriage records kept by the church, we can follow Mary’s journey from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to her new ...

For most Americans, black history begins in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought some “20 and odd Negroes” as slaves to the English colony of Jamestown, in Virginia. Many are not aware that black history ...

Finding out about your Church of Ireland ancestors is about to become significantly easier, as their library has been awarded a €100,000 Government grant to digitise their records. The grant will ...

The handwriting is cramped, the entry in barely-legible Latin on the yellowing pages of a sacrament register for the year 1814: “15th Baptisavi Miriam filial Roberti Bankhead et Catherinae Magee natum ...

Does your Irish family have links to the Church of Ireland? You could find out more about their past with the help of newly digitized records. One of the wonders of the digital age is how the ability ...

There’s no better place online to research your Irish family history than Findmypast, and central to this incredible resource are Irish parish records, the details of millions of live meticulously ...

Two Catholic bishops are angry that the National Library is giving unrestricted access to historical parish registers, but what moral right do they have to object? writes Paul Gorry THREE MONTHS ago ...