Actor Edward James Olmos wishes he could trace his family’s Mexican history back 100,000 years, but he’ll have to settle for 1930 for now. In what one online genealogy firm say is an extraordinary ...

An April 2 Metro article about the 1930 Census included an incorrect age for Edith B. Wilson, widow of President Woodrow Wilson, on April 1 of that year. She was 57. (Published 4/4/02) The snipping of ...

Jason Beaubien reports on one of the biggest events of the decade — at least for genealogists. Today, the National Archives released the data from the 1930 census. Information on individual households ...

Most days, amateur researchers camped out in the National Archives reference room in Laguna Niguel, Calif., chat about the past as they untangle the threads of family history. In recent weeks, though, ...

Kansas City, Mo.? You might think the 1930 census was a new “Star Wars” movie, judging by the lines, and hoopla, surrounding its release today. The Kansas City office of the National Archives plans to ...