The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above. There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in […]
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.
The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above. There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in […]
The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above. There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in […]
Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 854 million digitized pages from over 23,175 titles. Here is a list of the 123 new titles from the past month. AustraliaNew South Wales EnglandCleveland Cornwall Essex London Nottinghamshire Surrey PanamaPanama United StatesCalifornia Illinois Indiana Massachusetts Missouri […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for April 2023. There are 0 New Titles and 113 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 67.5 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for April 2023. There are 15 New Titles and 50 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of 16,051 titles available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. Below are the titles added or updated […]
Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently their collection numbers over 50 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 15 New Titles and added to 121 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for April 2023. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 6 in total from 2 states. Connecticut Georgia Good Luck and […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of April 1-30, 2023, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of April 1-30, 2023 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 […]