MyHeritage continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For December 1-15, 2025, there are 2 new and 25 updated collections. The new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Author: Kenneth R Marks
Kenneth R Marks was born and educated in the San Francisco Bay Area, receiving a BS in Mathematics in 1968. His career was in Information Technology; with the last 20 Years as a software executive with Boeing, Pearson, and NASA. His genealogy career began in 2004. He is an expert in newspaper research for genealogy, as well as additional genealogy topics. He regularly conducts webinars on the subject and has authored three genealogy books. See the About page for more details.
The Ancestor Hunt, founded in 2008, is focused on helping genealogy and family history researchers of all skill levels to achieve their goals, by providing links to free online genealogy collections, and search tips and techniques, largely via easy-to-understand Quick Reference Guides.
Introduction: Ever wondered when your immigrant ancestors officially became citizens? Long before modern indexes and digitized court files, local newspapers regularly published lists of immigrants taking the final steps toward U.S. citizenship. Naturalization Court Announcements documented “first papers,” “final papers,” and declarations of intent—often by name, country of origin, and place of residence. These brief […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of December 1-15, 2025, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
If you are trying to add to your ancestor’s life stories, what better way than interesting newspaper articles about their lives? Absent direct accounts from your living relatives, seeking these hidden gems in old newspapers will tell you things about your ancestors that there is no other way, absent a biography or autobiographical book, that […]
There are several ways to enhance your ability to find what you are looking for in an online newspaper collection. Then again, there are also several ways to mess it up. In the Quicksheet is a list of 21 Do’s and Don’ts that, if followed, will improve your success rate dramatically. Download the Quicksheet PDF […]
Historic Map Works is one of the most genealogy-friendly historical map sites available online. Unlike general map collections that focus on cartographic history, Historic Map Works is built around place-based discovery—making it especially valuable for genealogists who want to locate where an ancestor lived, owned land, worked, or interacted with their community. While some high-resolution […]
Finding information and articles in newspapers about your ancestors is incredibly rewarding. And the amount of information about your ancestors in old newspapers is likely more than we can find. But what about the paid newspaper subscription sites? I have used the three large ones in the U.S. (Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive, and GenealogyBank). There are other sites […]
Source: Northern New York Library Network If you follow this website at all, you know that I, from time to time, update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February 2014 and have added many updates, the latest in November 2024. The largest collection […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of December 1-15, 2025, the added/updated collections are: For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and […]
In my opinion, online newspaper research is more of an art than a pure science. However, that does not mean that it should be undisciplined. On the contrary, the best way to waste your time is to perform research with no discipline. Sure, when you get a new name in your tree (or not yet […]