Chancery courts—also known as equity courts—handled disputes that regular courts of law could not resolve, especially cases involving property, inheritance, estates, contract disagreements, guardianships, and family conflicts. Because these cases required detailed explanations rather than simple legal rulings, they often contain rich narratives describing family members, relationships, land divisions, and personal histories. This makes chancery […]
MyHeritage continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For November 1-30, 2025, there are 7 new and 22 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!
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 20 New Titles and 94 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 97.8 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently, its collection numbers over 98.0 million pages and is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 20 new titles and added to 100 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated […]
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 9in total. Important Note: These links are to […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, announced its updates for last month. There are 54 New Titles and 37 Titles that have had issues added. There are over 16,000 titles available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. Below are the titles added or updated this month, with […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of November 1-30, 2025, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
FamilySearch continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of November 1-30, 2025, 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 […]
School census lists, attendance registers, and enrollment logs are among the most overlooked genealogical sources in the United States and Canada. Many survive at the county, district, or state level, often in handwritten ledgers created annually. These records identify children too young to appear in city directories, families who avoided traditional censuses, and movements between […]
This is the first occurrence of a newspaper article about my cousin Gloria Metzner, stage name Gloria Dea. It was published in 1929 in Oakland, California. As you know, I am a newspaper research fanatic, and have recently launched the Newspaper Research Academy, to provide a vast number of resources to those who want to […]