For the Facebookaholics among us, there is a new Facebook page about Vance History Online, designed to bridge those who enjoy social network...

An alert reader noted that a couple of medieval illuminated manuscripts have survived the centuries which had links to the Vaux family of E...

Posted by Ron Vance During my tenure as VFA president, I have received a few requests for help in purchasing an article of clothing ma...

While compiling his book in 1860 on the Irish Vances, William Balbirnie interviewed several members of the family of John Vance ( a Dub...

The past few weeks have been pretty hard on genetic genealogy (DNA testing).  First, a professor of evolutionary genetics came out stron...

Most people go straight to census records and other government resources for vital statistics about their ancestors: where they lived, the ...

In the February 2009 Vance Family Association Newsletter I wrote an article "A School to Honor Hannah Vance". The school is part o...