There are 3 types of information available online from the National Archives Social Security NUMIDENT files, which is a computerized database that contains SS-5 Application data, Social Security Claims information, and Death Records. There are almost 150 million records available to search. Download the Quicksheet PDF To obtain the two-page Quicksheet pdf for easy reference […]
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.
South Dakota is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, and they do use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers. There are several free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. […]
Nebraska is one of the states that does have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently, Nebraska has several newspapers available on that site. There are many free online newspapers […]
South Carolina is one of the states that has a central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers, and many of South Carolina’s free newspapers are available on the Library of Congress site. There are […]
Trying to find historical Alabama newspapers? This is the place to find free historical newspapers. Alabama is one of the states that does not have a central online repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers. Alabama does […]
Voter registration records are available online and offline from all over the world and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. Here are several reasons why voter records are such a wonderful tool for researching (and finding) ancestors: Most of the […]
Voter registration records are available online and offline from all over the world and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. Here are several reasons why voter records are such a wonderful tool for researching (and finding) ancestors: Most of the […]
Voter registration records are available online and offline from all over the world and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. Here are several reasons why voter records are such a wonderful tool for researching (and finding) ancestors: Most of the […]
Voter registration records are available online and offline from all over the world and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. Here are several reasons why voter records are such a wonderful tool for researching (and finding) ancestors: Most of the […]
Voter registration records are available online and offline from all over the world and are what I consider a hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. Here are several reasons why voter records are such a wonderful tool for researching (and finding) ancestors: Most of the […]