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 […]
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.
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 34 New Titles and added to […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, has announced its’ updates for July 2021. There is 1 New Title and 172 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 15,000 titles available at 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 July 1-31, 2021, the new/updated collections are: Adams County, Colorado, U.S., Marriage License Index, 1960-2010 (UPDATED) Anglesey, Wales, Anglican Church Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1547-1994 (UPDATED) Brecknockshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1994 […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its’ updates for July 2021. There are 68 New Titles and 89 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 44 million pages available at the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for July 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 18 in total from 5 different states. Alaska Updated content for […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of July 1-31, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 […]
Are you doing New Hampshire genealogy research and looking for Free Online New Hampshire Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired categories free collection links (2,080 links to Free Collections for New Hampshire): NewspapersObituariesBMD RecordsPhotosYearbooksDirectoriesDivorce RecordsNaturalizationsChurch RecordsSchool RecordsCoroner RecordsVoter RecordsProbate and WillsImmigrationMortuary RecordsAlumni RecordsCemetery Records By the way, you can always access these […]
Are you doing Rhode Island genealogy research and looking for Free Online Rhode Island Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired categories free collection links (760 links to Free Collections for Rhode Island): NewspapersObituariesBMD RecordsPhotosYearbooksDirectoriesDivorce RecordsNaturalizationsChurch RecordsSchool RecordsCoroner RecordsVoter RecordsProbate and WillsImmigrationMortuary RecordsAlumni RecordsCemetery Records By the way, you can always access these […]
Are you doing Washington genealogy research and looking for Free Online Washington Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired categories free collection links (2,009 links to Free Collections for Washington): NewspapersObituariesBMD RecordsPhotosYearbooksDirectoriesDivorce RecordsNaturalizationsChurch RecordsSchool RecordsCoroner RecordsVoter RecordsProbate and WillsImmigrationMortuary RecordsAlumni RecordsCemetery Records By the way, you can always access these all the time […]