Category: Travel

Visiting Portland Oregon Premium

Here are some suggestions for planning a visit to Portland (all area codes are 503). For more information about the city, consult the Portland Convention and Visitors Association's Web site at www.pova.org, or call 1-87-PORTLAND. Where to Stay Holiday Inn Portland-Convention Center 1021 NE Grand Ave. 235-2100...

Presidential Historic Sites and Libraries Premium

Have you uncovered a president in your family tree? Get out and visit the places where presidents lived and where their important documents are archived.

Heritage Tour Companies Premium

If you're not up to planning a family history vacation on your own, check out these travel companies and organizations.

Boston’s Dreams of Freedom Museum Premium

Boston, a city filled with historical attractions, competition for tourists' attention is fierce. One of the city's newest museums, Dreams of Freedom, successfully pulls in visitors by telling the story of Boston's rich immigrant history with lifelike mannequins, virtual environments and traditional artifacts. You enter hearing the words of...

Austin, Texas, Travel Guide Premium

The music will be hot, but the history will be even hotter when the nation's genealogists converge on Austin, Texas, Sept. 8 to 11 for the annual Federation of Genealogical Societies conference. (See www.fgs.org/2004conf/fgs-2004.htm, call (888) 347-1500 or write Box 200940, Austin, TX 78720 for conference information.)

British Attractions in America Premium

Americans changed the side of the road they drive on, modified the traditional British spellings of "flavour" and "saviour" and quit calling potato chips "crisps," but there's still plenty of England alive in the United States. So if you can't muster the pounds to cross the pond, check...