Maybe it’s just me, but I have never heard anyone write or talk about using Alumni Records in their genealogy research. I use them personally and have discovered mountains of information in these gems. I contend that alumni records are part directories, part newspapers and magazines, part biographies, part obituaries, part yearbooks, part vital records, […]
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. who preserve the historical newspapers for their communities. The list has grown a lot since […]
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 […]
GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for June 2021. There are 20 New Titles, and 33 Titles that have had issues added in the previous month. From GenealogyBank: Here are some of the details about our most recent U.S. newspaper additions: A total of 44 titles from 20 states, plus 1 title from […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of June 1-30, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976 Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-2005 Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949 […]
Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. A subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers, it has titles from all over the world, including the U.S. Currently their collection numbers nearly 120 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 11 New Titles and added to […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for June 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 17 in total from 6 different states. Iowa Updated content for […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of June 1-30, 2021, the new/updated collections are: Andrew and Cole Counties, Missouri, U.S., Probate Records, 1826-1945 (UPDATED) Arkansas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998 (UPDATED) Australia and New Zealand, Obituary Index, 2004-Current (UPDATED) Australia, […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for June 2021. There are 16 New Titles and 241 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 15,000 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 […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its’ updates for June 2021. There are 9 New Titles and 20 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 43 million pages available at the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]