For many years obtaining copies of adoption records was impossible. Adoptees were denied their original birth certificates, which were sealed, and they had no recourse when it came to tracing their ...

Still, the hardest part for many is where to begin and how. AAGSOM can help with that, especially tracing earlier family generations. The group holds monthly programs to help people in their search.

Researchers have created a way to see your family tree as a movie rather than a still portrait by tracing where your ancestors moved across the globe over time. The statistical method can also be ...

Those are just some of the values two local experts listed when asked about the importance of tracing your family ancestry. As for how to do it, there’s a plethora of resources in Albuquerque.