Are you doing Virginia genealogy research and looking for Free Online Virginia Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired categories free collection links (3,283 total links to Free Collections for Virginia): Newspapers Obituaries Photos Yearbooks Directories Divorce Records Naturalizations Church Records School Records Coroner Records Voter Records Probate and Wills Immigration Mortuary Records […]
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 July 2021. There are 31 New Titles and 33 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 62 titles from 29 states, plus 1 title from […]
I have to admit to a huge bias here – but I will say it – Searching old newspapers for articles about my ancestors is without question the most fulfilling research about my family history. Period! Everyone has different motivations for genealogy research. Some are name collectors, some want to be tied to someone famous; […]
Did you know that Veridian Software has collections of digitized newspapers that can be searched for free? Over 50 million pages, I might add. Did you know that they power California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming state newspaper collections? You may have used their software and didn’t know it! How about country-wide […]
Maybe it’s just me, but I have never heard anyone write or talk about using Alumni Records in their genealogy research. I use them personally and have discovered mountains of information in these gems. I contend that alumni records are part directories, part newspapers and magazines, part biographies, part obituaries, part yearbooks, part vital records, […]
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 […]
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 […]
GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for June 2021. There are 20 New Titles, and 33 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 44 titles from 20 states, plus 1 title from […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of June 1-30, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976 Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-2005 Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949 […]
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 11 New Titles and added to […]