Veridian Adds/Updates 371 Titles – March 2023

Veridian Software has many clients with collections of digitized newspapers that can be searched for free. Over 50 million pages currently. They power California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia,  Washington, and Wyoming state newspaper collections. And country-wide collections, such as Estonia, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland. Veridian is the name of the software and […]

Advantage Archives Adds 1.2 Million Historical Newspaper Pages – February 2023

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. […]

1,480 Free Online Criminal Records from the United States

Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is criminal records. Some of our ancestors, unfortunately, got in trouble with the law. And records were kept from arrests through court cases to prison documents. Now, more and more of these records are being digitized or transcribed and are being made available online. Types of […]

14,800 United States High Schools and Colleges with Free Online Yearbooks

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 […]

1,675 Free Western States High School and College Yearbooks Online

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 […]

Free Online Criminal Records from the Western States

Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is criminal records. Some of our ancestors, unfortunately, got in trouble with the law. And records were kept from arrests through court cases to prison documents. Now, more and more of these records are being digitized or transcribed and are being made available online. Types of […]

GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 46 Titles – March 2023

GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for March 2023. There are 30 New Titles and 16 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 March additions. To see our […]

Free Online Criminal Records from the Mid Atlantic States

Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is criminal records. Some of our ancestors unfortunately got in trouble with the law. And records were kept from arrests through court cases to prison documents. Now, more and more of these records are being digitized or transcribed and are being made available online. Types of […]

DNA Inheritance and Genetic Genealogy

This is a guest article from Trace with some introductory material regarding DNA and Genealogy. They are offering a 20% discount for The Ancestor Hunt subscribers for an outstanding detailed webinar training course all about DNA and Genealogy. Just click on THIS LINK and enter the Coupon Code:  AHSPRING23.  The coupon will be valid 3/1 – 3/20 and […]

Newspapers dot Com Update – February 2023

Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 826 million digitized pages from over 22,849 titles. Here is a list of the 156 new and updated titles from the past month. England Avon Cheshire Cleveland Derbyshire Greater London Greater Manchester Humberside Kent Lincolnshire London Nottinghamshire […]