Nearly two decades ago, historian Amy Vacchio started researching two prominent families who lived at Rock Hall, a Colonial-era mansion, and their connection to Hempstead’s historic St. George’s ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — People in Africatown are trying to get a better idea of their own history, starting with the cemetery. They’re asking others to join them to help map the nearly 150-year-old ...

Faded, worn gravestones rose out of the frozen and snow-covered landscape of rural Needham Township. Though the inscriptions on many were hard to read, the ones that time and the elements had not yet ...

Arlington Cemetery is home to several key historical figures, including former mayors, settlers and postmasters. Thanks to a change in state law, Arlington city government now has a legal path to sell ...

On a sunny day in early April, Karen Reich walks Parkdale and Arlington cemeteries to snap pictures and collect information on the interred. Reich volunteers for Findagrave.com, which claims to house ...

SUMPTER — A section in Sumpter’s historic cemetery that hasn’t been used for perhaps longer than half a century could be reopened for burials later this year. Sumpter Mayor Linda Wise said the city ...

WEST NYACK ‒ A small slice of American history can be found at Mount Moor, a Black cemetery on the National Registry of Historic Places that has survived the vestiges of time, the construction of a ...