One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online. […]
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free […]
Do you often find yourself wanting or needing to know what county a city is located in or what places might be found in a specific county? You could do a Google search but what if you had a handy list that included a list of all the cities, other places, and ghost towns that […]
65 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the New England States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in November 2022, and represent additions from the past 6 months. There is a total of 2,400 historical newspapers available to search for free from the New England States. Just […]
640 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid West States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in November 2022, and represent additions from the past 6 months. There is a total of 18,950 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid West States. Just […]
Do you often find yourself wanting or needing to know what county a city is located in or what places might be found in a specific county? You could do a Google search but what if you had a handy list that included a list of all the cities, other places, and ghost towns that […]
300 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid Atlantic States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in November 2022, and represent additions from the past 6 months. There is a total of 6,940 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid Atlantic States. Just […]
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-dated civil records and are a great resource as well. In the BMD Records section of this website, there are over 25,000 collections of civil records that are available online. Yes, […]
1,370 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Southern States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in November 2022, and represent additions from the past 6 months. There is a total of 14,100 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Southern States. Just click on […]
City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and Canada 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 […]