Articles by Nick Cifuentes
How Can I Improve the 1940 U.S. Census?
The 1940 U.S. Census Index is becoming even more accurate and easy to use, with your help. While you can currently search by name through all 134 million people in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census on Ancestry.com, we’re still working behind the scenes to make this latest census even better. What are we doing? Adding… Read more
1940 Census Update: Now Search 38 States & Territories, All Fully Indexed
Looking for relatives in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah? We’ve just released fully-searchable indexes for all 12 states. And 26 other states are ready to search. And remember, if the state you’re waiting for isn’t indexed yet, you can still look through 1940… Read more
Using DNA To Trace Michelle Obama’s Past
First Lady Michelle Obama always suspected that she had white ancestors. But she had no idea who they were. With DNA testing and research, I was able to solve that mystery and finally identify the white forbears who had remained hidden in her family tree for more than a century. All across the country, growing… Read more
Got Scandinavian? Why your DNA results may have unexpected ethnicities
Recent research from Oxford University shows a wide range of genetic influences throughout the British Isles, hinting at a long history of invasions and settlement by groups from across the European continent throughout history. Now where have we heard that before? Oh, that’s right! AncestryDNA™ has seen similar results in the data from our new… Read more
War of 1812
On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain officially launching the War of 1812. In the 200 years since, it has become a forgotten war, perhaps best remembered by school children as when The Star-Spangled Bannerwas written. Yet, the War of 1812 was strategically important to the future of American diplomacy, a reinforced… Read more
One Hundred Years of Social Media
An interesting thing has happened in the last few years: the explosion of social networking and social media. We have been able to be constantly updated about the activities of our friends and relatives like never before…but it’s only a 21st Century manifestation of our tendency to spy on each other. In historical newspapers, many… Read more
Uncovering Family History in the New Film For Greater Glory
For Greater Glory, opening in theaters June 1st, tells the never-before-told story of Mexico’s Cristero War. There’s been increasing excitement around the film here in the US among the Mexican-American community, many of whom have ties to the real historical characters featured in the film. Mexican actress Karyme Lozano, who plays the mother of the… Read more
The Hunt for Michelle Obama’s Roots
When I started planning my book about Michelle Obama’s family tree, I envisioned myself traipsing to far-flung cities on the hunt for historical records. During two years of reporting and writing my book, American Tapestry, I did, in fact, crisscross the country, traveling to North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois and other states. In archives,… Read more
Announcing the new AncestryDNA!
It’s an exciting day for DNA and family history fans alike here at Ancestry.com. You may have heard some of the hype about the new DNA test… well, it’s here! AncestryDNA™ has launched! From the overwhelming interest we’ve seen, it seems our members are as excited as we are about this new advancement in DNA… Read more
Israel Arbeiter: Ready to Return to the United States
After 8 days that took him from Warsaw, Poland to his native city of Plock in Poland, to Krakow and finally into Germany, where he gained his freedom in 1945, Izzy is tired. At 87 years old he has the right to be. After seeing his parents and brother shipped off and murdered at Treblinka,… Read more
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