GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its updates for last month. There are 15 New Titles and 3 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: To see our newspaper archives’ entire title list of more than […]
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.
What if your ancestors needed special permission before they could marry? A marriage dispensation allowed a religious authority to waive an obstacle that otherwise prevented or delayed a marriage. The reason for that obstacle—perhaps a close family relationship, different religious affiliation, or another restriction—can produce exactly the kind of genealogical information researchers hope to find. […]
A gravestone tells you who is buried there. A cemetery interment card may tell you who is buried around them—and why. Created as part of a cemetery’s working records, interment cards can contain burial dates, grave and lot locations, funeral homes, relatives, lot owners, and other details that never made it onto the gravestone. Even […]
Marriage wasn’t always just a union between two people—it could also be a carefully negotiated financial arrangement between families. A marriage contract may identify property, children from earlier marriages, inheritance rights, relatives, trustees, and assets that the bride or groom brought into the marriage. For genealogists, the people and property named in the agreement can […]
An obituary doesn’t have to be online for you to find it. For decades, librarians, genealogical societies, historical societies, and volunteers have read local newspapers and created obituary indexes pointing researchers to notices buried in microfilm and bound newspaper volumes. A good obituary index can give you the two pieces of information you really need: […]
MyHeritage continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For September 1-30, 2026, there are 12 new and 23 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!
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 19 New Titles and 100 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 108 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Findmypast is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently, its collection numbers over 108 million pages and is growing rapidly. This month, Findmypast added 20 new titles and added to 105 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated Titles You can find […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of September 1-30, 2026, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection, is available for online research of United States historical newspapers, and it regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for last month. Some are new titles, and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 6 in total. Important Note: These links are […]