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. […]
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.
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 […]
GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for May 2021. There are 57 New Titles, and 22 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: A total of 53 titles from 24 states, plus 2 titles from […]
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of […]
In February, 2017, I started publishing a list of the catalog of online historical newspapers from over 400 different collections put together by the Advantage Archives Company, developed in conjunction with the libraries, historical societies and museums across the U.S. who preserve the historical newspapers for their communities. The list has grown a lot since then. Now there […]
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 April 1-30, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Albania, Census, 1930 Arkansas, Military Discharge Records, ca.1917-1969 Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527-1986 Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913 […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of April 1-30, 2021, the new/updated collections are: 1787 Denmark Census (NEW) 1801 Denmark Census (NEW) 1834 Denmark Census (NEW) 1840 Denmark Census (NEW) 1845 Denmark Census (NEW) 1850 Denmark Census (NEW) 1855 Denmark Census (NEW) 1860 Denmark Census (NEW) 1870 Denmark Census (NEW) 1870 […]