6,456 Free Southern 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 […]

28,000 Free Online City Directories from the United States

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider 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 […]

5,650 Free Online City Directories from the Western States

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider 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 […]

3,740 Free Online City Directories from the New England States

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider 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 […]

1,265 Free Online Immigration Record Collections from the United States

Immigration Records are some of the richest genealogy record sets and can provide excellent clues and 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 you are […]

370 Free Online Immigration Collections from the Western States

Immigration Records are some of the richest genealogy record sets and can provide excellent clues and 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 you are […]

Chronicling America – NEH Announces 2023 Awards to 12 States in the National Digital Newspaper Program

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced the 2023 grants for the National Digital Newspaper Program to 12 states. The complete details for all the NEH grants can be found in this pdf Here are the states and their award: Arkansas Arkansas State Archives Outright: $324,095 Project Director: Katherine Adkins Project Title: Arkansas Digital […]

Historical Irish American Newspapers Online

For those of you who have a wee bit of Irish (or more) in your family tree, several Irish-American newspapers have been published over the last two hundred or so years that may help you find some information and stories about your Irish ancestors. Take a look at these sites and search away! Included are […]

20 Special Collections of Online Historical Newspapers

Most people who search newspapers for articles about their ancestors focus on what I will call “geographically-based collections.” For example, if I have ancestors in Kentucky or Wales, I might look for online collections that house those specific newspapers published in that state or country. That is highly useful, but you should know that there […]

Historical Japanese American Newspapers Online

Most Japanese language online historical newspapers are either from the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection or from World War II Interment camps. The Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection through Stanford University’s Hoover Institution Library & Archives and the Japanese Diaspora Initiative (JDI) is “currently the world’s largest online archive of open-access, full‑image Japanese American and other overseas Japanese newspapers. Most […]