Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. A subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers, it has titles from all over the world, including the U.S. Currently their collection numbers nearly 120 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 31 New Titles and added to […]
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.
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of May 1-31, 2021, the new/updated collections are: 1860 United States Federal Census (UPDATED) 1901 Census of Canada (UPDATED) Caernarvonshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1541-1994 (UPDATED) Canada, Selected School Yearbooks, 1901-2010 (UPDATED) Canton, Stark County, Ohio, U.S., Directory, […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for May 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 18 in total from 9 different states. Arkansas Updated content for […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of May 1-31, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-2005 Albania, Census, 1930 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 Argentina, […]
Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun set 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 […]
There is a total of 14,850 online historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid West states. 1,880 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid West States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in May 2021, and represent additions from the past 6 months. […]
There is a total of 6,390 online historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid Atlantic states. 155 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid Atlantic States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in May 2021, and represent additions from the past 6 months. […]
There is a total of 2,060 online historical newspapers available to search for free from New England. 90 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the New England States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in May 2021, and represent additions from the past 6 months. Just click […]
Hello to The Ancestor Hunt readers! Here is the latest Bi-monthly Newsletter. It includes links to all of the articles published since the previous newsletter, as well as articles that I think you might find interesting from other authors. It also includes research tips, a joke or two, and other interesting genealogical stuff. It is […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of May 1-15, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 Arkansas, Military Discharge Records, ca.1917-1969 Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926 Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church […]