Lynn Man Gets a 'Bienvenue' from Long-lost Canadian family

It took one year, hundreds of emails and a passion for genealogy to unite a Lynn resident with a Canadian family he never knew and connect him to his ancestor, one of the founders of Lynn.

Wayne Knight was actually born Wayne Deland 57 years ago. He was adopted into the Knight family at the age of 7.

Archives of Michigan welcomes family heritage collection from Library of Michigan...some of it anyways.

The Michigan Department of Education and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources have agreed to move selected Family Heritage Collections currently housed in the Library of Michigan to the reading room of the Archives of Michigan.

The move will continue the state's stewardship of the collection and better align the resources of both organizations. The collection will remain in the Michigan Library and Historical Center, where it can be easily used with related research materials held by both organizations.

Ontario Your Treasure Island for Six Months?

The theme for Doors Open Ontario 2012, "Defending a nation," commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the locations, events and persons connected to the defence of our province and country. Doors Open participants will uncover the stories of early inhabitants who faced invasion during the War of 1812 and learn about other heroic war efforts from the past 200 years.

Stories from the past have been handed down from one generation to another through various means.

The most consistent of these have been documented in newspapers and books. Historians face challenges such as the degradation of paper and the fading of words and images.

In order to preserve antique books, librarians store books in climate controlled rooms, avoid their exposure to UV rays, and limit how much books are handled. Keeping a book free from dust will also prolong its life.

The season finale of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the PBS television series that explores issues of race and identity through the genealogy of some of America’s best-known personalities, seeks to answer that question.

Through the family histories of actors Michelle Rodriguez and Adrian Grenier, and Linda Chavez – an author, syndicated newspaper columnist and political analyst for FOX News — host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates American identities that took shape long before the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Rock.

Sony Entertainment’s Music Unlimited cloud-based digital music subscription service is now live in Canada , offering song access and related music services on multiple devices.

Originally launched in December 2010, the Music Unlimited service features an ever expanding global catalog of over 15 million licensed songs, Sony describes, depending on country.