GenealogyBank.com, the largest and fastest-growing provider of newspapers for family history research, announced today a massive expansion of the nation’s most extensive searchable collection

DUBLIN, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - Online Access to Over 4 Million Irish Records Dating From 1400 to 1920s at Launch - Over 50 Million Records Available in First 12-18 Months The 80 million people worldwide who claim to have Irish ancestry, half of which (41 million) are Americans, have limited resources to prove their claim but now thanks to the launch of family history website http://www.findmypast.ie many will be able to make that connection with their past. Findmypast.ie will carry the most comprehensive set of Irish records ever seen in one place, going back to 1400 right up until the 1920s, including the Landed Estates Court Records[1], the complete Griffith's Valuation of Ireland[2] and the Directories collection[3]. From today, people can search over 4,000,000 records that will be made available on http://www.findmypast.ie.

A leading genealogy website and the US Holocaust Museum are working together to fill gaps in some family histories with a project named The World Memory Project.

WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Archives will host its fifth annual Genealogy Fair. This year's two-day program will showcase Federal records located at the National Archives and professional genealogy organizations' resources for family history research.

By MADONNA YANCEY, Courier & Press correspondent Did your father and grandfather have high blood pressure? Have several men in your family died of heart disease at an early age? What about the women in your family? Has your mother, grandmother or an aunt developed breast cancer? Does either of your parents or grandparents have diabetes? The answers to these questions may hold the key to your medical future.