Immigration Records are some of the richest genealogy record sets and can provide excellent clues as well as data about your ancestors. Specifically, when they came to America or traveled but did not immigrate. Emigration records can tell you when they left their homeland and can direct you to when they might have immigrated if […]
Immigration Records are some of the richest genealogy record sets and can provide excellent clues as well as data about your ancestors. Specifically, when they came to America or traveled but did not immigrate. Emigration records can tell you when they left their homeland and can direct you to when they might have immigrated if […]
Trying to find historical Alaska newspapers? This is the place to find free historical newspapers. Alaska is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, but it now uses the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as the main site for searching old newspapers. There […]
Trying to find historical Idaho newspapers? This is the place to find free online historical newspapers. Idaho is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, but it uses the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as its main site for searching old newspapers. There […]
Nevada is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for historical newspapers, but they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as the main site for searching old newspapers. There are some free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below is a […]
Voter registration records are available online and offline from all over the world and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. Before I get to the 9 reasons why voter records are such a wonderful tool for researching (and finding) ancestors, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is tax records. Like city directories and voting registers, for example, they provide information for us between federal censuses. They also can go back to colonial times.Below is a list that contains the different types of taxes since colonial times in the U.S., and the type […]