Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 826 million digitized pages from over 22,849 titles. Here is a list of the 156 new and updated titles from the past month. England Avon Cheshire Cleveland Derbyshire Greater London Greater Manchester Humberside Kent Lincolnshire London Nottinghamshire […]
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.
Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is criminal records. Some of our ancestors unfortunately got in trouble with the law. And records were kept from arrests through court cases to prison documents. Now, more and more of these records are being digitized or transcribed and are being made available online. Types of […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for February 2023 There are 2 New Titles and 63 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 16,033 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 […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of February 1-28, 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 February 1-28, 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 […]
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 5 New Titles and added to 67 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 February 2023. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 38 in total from 14 states and the District of Columbia. […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for February 2023. There are 11 New Titles and 111 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 63.8 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is criminal records. Some of our ancestors unfortunately got in trouble with the law. And records were kept from arrests through court cases to prison documents. Now, more and more of these records are being digitized or transcribed and are being made available online. Types of […]
Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun sets of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into […]