Hear three moving stories of families who established unique legacies of family history.

Go inside a maximum security prison to meet inmates who pursue their genealogy through computers. Their stories, and the remarkable rehabilitative influence of family history, will surprise and inspire you.

Explore the value of medical histories with the story of TV journalist Carol Krause. Geneticists Dr. Raymond White and Vickie Venne help you learn how to navigate your own medical heritage.

Due to slavery, Reconstruction, and segregation, African American research requires a unique approach. Learn ways to research African American ancestry and manage the difficulties that arise in doing so.

Gary Bryant was reluctant to serve in the Vietnam War, but studying his ancestors' legacy of military service gave him a sense of purpose and self-worth. Also, Jim Terry Willard discuss both the benefits and pitfalls of military records.

Meet real people researching their pedigrees at the library and hear the story of police officer Tom Madrid, who combed through libraries, courthouses, and church records to research his family history.

Learn about these records from experts John Colletta and Sharon DeBartolo, and meet a man who was so invested in his family documents that he organized 100 participants to re-enact the events of the Ellis Island experience.

Fabiana traveled with her parents to Peru to interview living relatives, and she discovered valuable links to her past and present.

Begin your search for family history right in your home. Shannon Applegate shows how to find hidden treasures in the "debris of living." Antonia Cottrell Martin demonstrates how to look for and preserve important family documents.

Genealogy may seem daunting, but getting started is easy and rewarding. Join genealogy experts for advice on how to get started on your own family history.

At some point, many genealogists decide that it's time to shift effort from collecting new information about the family to sharing it with others. Writing a family history is one of the most effective and satisfying ways of doing this.

Old newspaper stories detail the escapades of Lori Davis's great-grandmother.

Witness the success of Susan Hadler as she uses military records to connect with the father she never knew.

Cathy Horn discovers a family tragedy and reconnects a lost child to her family tree.

Learn about the kinds of records that are generated by the probate process and interesting details found in wills.

Darius Gray discovers his African-American ancestors in the 1880 census and then traces his history back to the Revolutionary War.

Beth Uyehara tracks down her great grandfather's tombstone and gains a new sense of her Welsh heritage.

Learn how to make the most of religious records.

Searching for his ancestors' birth and marriage records, Jeff Gallup reconnects with his Italian heritage in his ancestral village of Piana.

Computer resources help Megan Smolenyak find cousins she didn't know she had, both in the United States and in the Slovak village of Osturna. Experts elaborate on how to use computers and the Internet to seek out family connections.

Sheila Hsia travels to China to discover if her family's records survived the cultural revolution.

Journals, diaries, letters, photographs, and family Bibles are a great resource for family history. In addition to providing names and dates, they can bring our ancestors to life.

Around the world heroic efforts are being made to preserve irreplaceable records.