City Guide: Detroit Premium
Today, we know it as Motor City and Motown, but Detroit was around long before Henry Ford and Diana Ross made waves. For more than 300 years, this inland city and major port has attracted immigrants from all over the world. Follow our guide to the historical high notes and top records -- genealogical, not musical -- for discovering your Detroit roots.
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Joanne Wallace owns copies of these undated portraits of her great-grandparents, Patrick Wallace and Sarah (Foley, or Folan) Wallace. She knows almost nothing about their lives in America and would like to learn more. Unfortunately, she lives in Hong Kong, which makes genealogical research possible only from a distance. All's...
Read MorePhoto Detective: Year-Long Mystery Premium
It's hard to believe that a year has passed since this column debuted last February. Thank you for submitting your unidentified photographs. Every other week, I review the entire file of submissions and select one to feature in a column. Some of you are extremely patient, having waited months...
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Someone, somewhere, sometime wrote the caption on this photo, Sam Long's Family. It should be simple to identify the people pictured—but not for Marianne West. She has several relatives named Sam Long. Let's find out which Sam is right for this picture. This caption isn't as straightforward as it...
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Talk is cheap when you call via computer. Try these services to phone far-away kin at no (or low) cost.
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