Another underutilized genealogy resource is Church Records. We tend to focus our research on civil records but need to be aware that often church records pre-date civil records and are a great resource as well. In the BMD Records section of this website, there are about 15,000 collections of civil records that are available online. Yes, that’s […]
Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and are a significant pursuit for many genealogists. Sometimes, the information on a headstone is the only information available for certain ancestors. What can you find in these records? How about birth, marriage, and death information and clues to military service, […]
In February 2017, I started publishing a list of the catalog of online historical newspapers from over 400 different collections put together by the Advantage Archives Company, developed in conjunction with the libraries, historical societies, and museums across the U.S. that preserve historical newspapers for their communities. The list has grown a lot since then. […]
GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for July 2023. There are 6 New Titles and 9 Titles that have had issues added in the previous month. From GenealogyBank: Here are some of the details about our most recent U.S. newspaper additions: Here is a list of the July additions. To see our […]
Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and are a significant pursuit for many genealogists. Sometimes, the information on a headstone is the only information available for certain ancestors. What can you find in these records? How about birth, marriage, and death information and clues to military service, […]
Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 871 million digitized pages from over 23,953 titles. Here is a list of the 543 new titles from the past month. Australia New South Wales New Zealand Manawatū-Whanganui Matamata-Piako Auckland Buller District Canterbury Central Otago Gisborne Hawke’s […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for June 2023. There are 0 New Titles and 66 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 68.3 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for June 2023. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 15 in total from 5 states. Arkansas Georgia Montana New Jersey […]
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 50 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 24 New Titles and added to 80 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for June 2023. There is 1 New Title and 46 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of 16,059 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 […]
