NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for January 2022. There are 2 New Titles and 75 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 15,700 titles available at the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. Below are the titles added or […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of January 1-31, 2021, the new/updated collections are: Allier, France, Deaths, 1598-1909 (UPDATED) Alpes-Maritimes, France Births & Christenings, 1575-1906 (UPDATED) Alpes-Maritimes, France Deaths & Burials, 1587-1905 (UPDATED) Alpes-Maritimes, France Marriages, 1572-1906 (UPDATED) Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of January 1-31, 2022, the added/updated collections are: Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-2005 Anguilla, Church Records, 1827-1944 Anguilla, Civil Registration, 1901-1991 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for January 2022. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 31 in total from 9 different states . Alaska Updated content […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its’ updates for January 2022. There are 17 New Titles and 115 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 47.4 million pages available at the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. A subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently their collection numbers nearly 120 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 10 New Titles and added to 98 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Bexhill-on-Sea Chronicle, […]
For those of you who have ancestors/relatives from the Caribbean island countries, there are over 250 historical newspapers listed below that have been published over the last two hundred or so that may help you find some information and stories about them. Listed are only those that are available online. As always, there are many […]
Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and are a significant pursuit for many genealogists. Sometimes, the information on a headstone is the only information available for certain ancestors. What can you find in these records? How about birth, marriage, and death information and clues to military service, […]
The Internet Archive has been around since 1996 and has a magnificent assortment of genealogical materials in many different categories of interest to genealogy researchers. It is a major resource; not to be missed. I refer to it several times a week, and it is a major resource for all the links that The Ancestor […]
Hello to The Ancestor Hunt readers! Here is the latest Bi-monthly Newsletter. It includes links to all of the articles published since the previous newsletter, as well as articles that I think you might find interesting from other authors. It also includes research tips, a joke or two, and other interesting genealogical stuff. It is […]