In a nutshell, JSTOR is a massive database that contains journals, books, images, and primary sources. I have found many college and university databases that use JSTOR as their primary database collection provider. From the site: JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. We help you explore a wide […]
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.
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 death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves. These free online […]
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), many indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the death certificates. These free online collections have hundreds of millions […]
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, many indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage licenses, bonds, certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the marriage documents themselves. These […]
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, many indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage licenses, bonds, certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the marriage documents themselves. These […]
Stephen Morse is pretty much a legend in the genealogy industry with his One Step Online Search website. From the site: In the “old days” genealogical research was done by traveling great distances and then going through dusty archives or using microfilm readers. But the advent of the World Wide Web has changed that. Today much of […]
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, many indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage […]
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, many indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage licenses, bonds, certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the marriage documents. These […]
In old newspapers, publishers and typesetters strived to save space, which meant saving paper and ink. As a result, when researching old newspapers, you will encounter many abbreviations that are not readily understood. Below is a list of 100 common abbreviations that you might run across. Newspaper Abbreviations As a bonus, below is a list […]
Trying to find U.S. yearbooks? This is the place to find free online yearbooks. Why? Yearbooks from high school or college are among the most enjoyable records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with much story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and […]