School and education records document attendance, achievement, and community involvement. These records appear in yearbooks, registers, and institutional archives and often contain terminology related to academic structure and student life. Term Definition Alumni Former students of an institution. Attendance Record of presence at school. Boarder Student living at school or with host family. Class Group […]
Obituaries and death notices are key sources of genealogical information, often containing details about family relationships, residence, and life events. These records use both formal and euphemistic language that can vary by time period and publication. Term Definition Age Age of deceased at time of death. Beloved Term indicating affection, often used for close family. […]
MyHeritage continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For March 1-31, 2026, there are 9 new and 15 updated collections. The new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of March 1-31, 2026, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection, is available for online research of United States historical newspapers, and it regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for last month. Some are new titles, and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 47 in total. Important Note: These links are […]
Find My Pastis an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently, its collection numbers over 100.6 million pages and is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 21 new titles and added to 122 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated Titles […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 27 New Titles and 134 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 101.4 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 1.2 billion digitized pages from over 30,200 titles. Here is a list of the new titles from the past month. Canada England Poland United States California Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Massachusetts Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Ohio […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of March 1-31, 2026, the added/updated collections are: For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and […]
Background Historical Occupation Profiles explain what ancestors actually did for a living and how those occupations shaped the records genealogists rely on today. Occupation Overview Bridge builders constructed structures that allowed roads, railroads, and canals to cross rivers, valleys, and other obstacles. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, bridge building was essential to transportation […]