Source: University of Wyoming and the Wyoming State Library The state of Wyoming has just announced a partnership that yields a new collection of the state’s historical newspapers available online. From the State: “The Wyoming State Library and the University of Wyoming Libraries have worked in partnership to launch a new digital collection of historic […]
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.
GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for January, 2021. There are 64 New Titles, and 24 Titles that have had issues added in the previous month. From GenealogyBank: “We just completed adding new content from 88 newspaper titles, increasing our content coverage from coast to coast: a total of 82 titles from […]
Note: This post has been replaced with a more current list of Advantage Archives collections. Please visit 120 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages Now Available from Advantage Archives For the last 3 years, I have been tracking the online collections made available by the Advantage Archives (formerly Advantage Preservation) company, which has contracted with several hundred libraries […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its’ updates for January, 2021. There are 15 New Titles, and 40 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 41 million pages available at the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found […]
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 […]
I have been having discussions for the last year or so with my friend Alan Martin about recording one’s family history as an alternative or adjunct to writing it. I have been writing my ancestor’s family history through blog posts on my two family history websites for years. I fully intend to write a book about […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of January 1-31, 2021, the new/updated collections are: 1860 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedules (UPDATED) 1911 England Census (UPDATED) Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 (UPDATED) Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861 (NEW) Australia and New Zealand, […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historic newspapers, regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for January, 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 15 in total from 7 different states. Alaska Updated content for The Alaska daily empire. […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of January 1-31, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama, Military Discharge Records, ca.1918 – ca.1962 Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974 Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1860-1965 Argentina, Salta, […]
Source: Northern New York Library Network If you follow this website at all, you know that I from time to time update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February, 2014, and have added many updates, the latest in November, 2020. The largest collection for […]