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Ellis Island: Coming to America

Nearly 40% of all Americans can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island. Did your family come through Ellis Island?

Life History Videos are memoirs on video that preserve the experiences and history of an individual, couple or family for future generations to know.

Did you know that T.V.s, cell phones and personal computers weren’t around in the 1930’s? What did our grandparents do for fun as children?

Is your family from the Chicago area? See 10 Chicago Genealogy Resources to help you learn more about your family history.

Ask your grandparents these Legacy Video Questions to learn more about their life story and your family history.

You’ve finished your Legacy Video. See 7 ways to present this modern-day heirloom to your family. It’s Showtime!

See tips for Writing an Autobiography. Capture your life story in an autobiography.

Travel back in time with this 1930s footage of Chicago. Chicago Skyline, the Museum of Science and Industry, Maxwell Street and more!

Designated by the United States Senate in 2001, Family History Month has helped genealogy to become the 2nd most popular hobby in America.

For those of you born in the last 40 years, it might be hard to imagine of a world without T.V.. But what did people do before television was around?