Death Indexes is one of several very useful websites provided by Joe Beine, and probably the most visited. From the Website: “This website is a directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices, and registers, obituaries, wills and probate records, […]
Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is tax records. Like city directories and voting registers, they provide information for us between federal censuses. They also can go back to colonial times. Types of Taxes Types of Information Derivative information, such as birth date, death date, and date of marriage can often be […]
Stephen Morse is pretty much a legend in the genealogy industry with his One Step Online Search website. From the site: In the “old days” genealogical research was done by traveling great distances and then going through dusty archives or using microfilm readers. But the advent of the World Wide Web has changed that. Today much of […]
Here is the latest update from Elephind: New Collections and Pages Added! Over 23 Million Pages Now Searchable This week, Elephind has grown by more than 9 million pages, with three new collections now searchable: We’ve also added new titles and pages to existing collections, including: And we’re not stopping there—over 150 million additional pages […]
AncientFaces is a community-driven collection of photos. You can search by name but also browse by themes, people categories, date ranges, and places. And the collaborative biography section is an exciting idea. From the website: “AncientFaces.com was officially launched in 2000 by Founder & Creator Daniel J. Pinna, and his mother, Founder & Community and Content Director Kathy […]
This past week (September 27, 2025 to October 3, 2025), the following additions were made to The Newspaper Research Academy: ✅ Free Resources – 18 New Articles were added – 77 Total ✅ Research Guides – 3 New Guides were added – 41 Total ✅ On-Demand Webinars – 0 New – 14 Total ✅ Premium […]
Virginia Chronicle regularly adds or updates newspaper titles for the collection. Last month, 12 titles were added or updated (Information provided by Veridian Software, which powers the Virginia Chronicle website). Here is the list of titles: To access the site, go to Virginia Chronicle
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection regularly adds or updates newspaper titles to the collection. Last month, 43 titles were added or updated (Information provided by Veridian Software, which powers the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection website). Here is the list of titles: To access the site, go to Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Veridian Software has many clients with collections of digitized newspapers that can be searched for free. Over 200 million pages currently. They power the newspaper collections of California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. And country-wide collections, such as Estonia, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland. Veridian is the name of […]
New Horizons Genealogy is a site with links for every state in the US in various genealogy categories. It specializes in New England and New York Colonial American Ancestry. To obtain the one-page Quicksheet PDF with details about the site for easy reference, you can download it by clicking on the Download button: For all the […]