If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. You can always get to these links by selecting the Resources tab and then the By Locations page, selecting a state, and then a category. Not all genealogy-related […]
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. You can always get to these links by selecting the Resources tab and then the By Locations page, selecting a state, and then a category. Not all genealogy-related […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for February 2024. There are 7 New Titles and 114 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 74.4 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of February 1-29, 2024, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for February 2024. There are 3 New Titles and 53 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, […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for February 2024. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 33 in total. Arizona District of Columbia Georgia Indiana Kansas Louisiana […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of February 1-29, 2024, 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 […]
Determining a “Cousin” Relationship between two people is quite easy if you have a proper chart. Many of the charts can be confusing. You can use this chart or you should also try an automated “Cousin Calculator” which is even easier at https://theancestorhunt.com/cousin-relationship-calculator.html Download the Quicksheet PDF To obtain a one-page Quicksheet pdf of an […]
For those of you who have some Italian in your family tree, there are several Italian-American newspapers that have been published over the last hundred or so years that may help you find some information and stories about your ancestors. Listed are only those that are available online. As always, there are tons more available […]
City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S.. They are 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 available the Online Historical […]