The Bedlam mental health hospital was established in 1247. A burial site, called Bethlehem and the New Churchyard, was opened after ...

Great news! Ancestry DNA test kits are now available to Canadians. If you've been waiting for the chance to order a kit to Canad...

Imagine a cemetery, an abandoned cemetery, the size of a small town.  Well that is what Mount Moriah Cemetery in Pennsylvania is like...

How many times have you looked for a Vital Registration of a Birth, Marriage or Death in Ontario and come up empty? Lorine of Olive Tr...

  The body of Louise de Quengo, a widow who died in 1656, was found in France, She was fully dressed and buried  with the preserved hea...

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Celebrate Canada Day with FREE Access to Ancestry.... : To celebrate Canada Day [FN1] , Ancestry.ca is providing...

Visitors to the website Olive Tree Genealogy often ask  for a list of all the free ships passenger lists the site has published onl...

Ancient human remains have been found at a construction site in St. Catharines Ontario Canada. Experts believe the bones may be over 200 yea...

AncestryDNA is celebrating their annual DNA Day this April by offering a 20% discount on AncestryDNA. The special will run from April 23-Ap...

Most of us spend years working on our genealogy. Keeping your genealogy research safe and sound is important. And the award winning iDri...

Elisha Cary Elisha Caleb Cary AGED 13 years 2 mo 6 days It is hard to tell from this photo if Elisha was 13 or 73. More researc...

Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy is posting her Top 10 Genealogy Mysteries, and encouraging others to follow suit with th...

A historic Boston graveyard was vandalized recently when a man managed to dig about 4 inches into the ground of a grave, exposing the origin...

Frank Brown 1881~1899 Frank Brown Died Nov 11. 1899 AE 18Yrs 10Mos 10Dys For more coffin plates go to http://ancestorsat...

The Tomb For the past few years archaeologists have been working on excavating a massive burial mound not far from the ancient city of ...

King Richard III Officials have finally decided on the re interment details for the remains of the 15th-century English ruler King Rich...

A ceramic wine cup that is believed to have been used by Classical Greek Athenian statesman Pericles has been found in a pauper's g...

The monument to the purported burial place of the prophet Younis was erected around 1393 In a sad act of vandalism The shrine of Jonas...

Lorine McGinnis Schulze of The Olive Tree Genealogy has just published!   3 Guides to help you find alternate sources for  Vital Statistic ...