NEW! Book Talks with Brenton
Updates on our building hours and events
David Hill with The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America’s Forgotten Capital of Vice, October 1
David Michaelis with Eleanor, October 8
What's New at AmericanAncestors.org? October 8
An Explosion of Beauty, Part I, October 13-27
The First American Jewish Woman Novelist: Uncovering the Story of Cora Wilburn and her Spiritualist Novel, Cosella Wayne (1860), October 14
Adoption Research, October 14-28
Using Bank Records in Family History Research, October 15
Claire Messud with Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography in Essays, October 20
Virtual Family History Benefit Event honoring author and historian Jill Lepore, October 29
Stories from the Archives: Objects of Mourning, November 5
Tamara Payne with The Dead are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, November 5
17th-Century English Research, October 28-November 11
Virtual Fall Research Stay-At-Home, November 12 - 14
Nathaniel Philbrick, Baxter Lecture on Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War, November 12
Jewish Immigrants in the American Antiques Trade, November 17
Navigating the Digital Library & Archives at AmericanAncestors.org, November 19

Search
1.4 billion names
from around the world

Learn
Expand your knowledge
with online courses

Chat Online
Ask our expert staff
Tues-Sat 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

GU272 Memory Project
Winners announced for Mayflower Essay Contest

Download FREE family history guides for every level of expertise