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 […]
Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun sets of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into […]
Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun sets of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into […]
Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 895 million digitized pages from 24,351 titles. Here is a list of the 18 new titles from the past month. England United States California Connecticut Indiana Maine Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for August 2023. There are 7 New Titles and 53 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 70.4 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for August 2023. There are 9 New Titles and 51 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of 16,075 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 […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates its collection. Also, the NEH announced the new grants to 12 states for new additions to Chronicling America for 2023. Check out the details at: Chronicling America – NEH Announces 2023 Awards to 12 States in the National Digital […]
Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently their collection numbers over 70 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 6 new titles and added to 54 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of August 1-31, 2023, 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 records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of August 1-31, 2023 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 […]
