Do you often find yourself wanting or needing to know what county a city is located in or what places might be found in a specific county? You could do a Google search but what if you had a handy list that included a list of all the cities, other places, and ghost towns that […]
Institutional records are another class of collections that should be part of one’s genealogy research repertoire. Although most of your ancestors may not have spent time in an institution, I’ll bet that almost every family tree has several that have. So they are worth your effort to research. Here are a few good primers for […]
65 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the New England States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in November 2022, and represent additions from the past 6 months. There is a total of 2,400 historical newspapers available to search for free from the New England States. Just […]
Massachusetts is one of the states who do not have a central online repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers. And a few have a central portal for many of the newspapers that have been digitized. The online […]
Connecticut has a sizable state repository for searching older historical newspapers, and currently, they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as another site for searching old newspapers, although there are a few newspapers available on that site. There are quite a few free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below is […]
New Hampshire is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for historical newspapers, nor do they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers. There are several free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below […]
City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made […]
City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made […]
Institutional records are another class of collections that should be part of one’s genealogy research repertoire. Although most of your ancestors may not have spent time in an institution, I’ll bet that almost every family tree has several that have. So they are worth your effort to research. Here are a few good primers for […]
640 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid West States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in November 2022, and represent additions from the past 6 months. There is a total of 18,950 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid West States. Just […]
