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Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...

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In August, Ancestry.com shared 3.5 million-plus Freedmen's Bureau records dating back to 1846. The free search tool has helped Black families learn about their ancestors lives after the Civil War. "It ...