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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 1-15, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527-1986 Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory […]
GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for April, 2021. There are 14 New Titles, and 21 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 35 titles from 17 states and the District 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 […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of March 1-31, 2021, the new/updated collections are: 1939 England and Wales Register (UPDATED) Adams County, Illinois, U.S., Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990 (NEW) Alberta, Canada, Births Index, 1870-1898 (UPDATED) Alberta, Canada, Deaths Index, 1870-1968 (UPDATED) Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944 (UPDATED) Australia […]
Source: familysearch.org FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of March 1-31, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949 Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974 Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, […]
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. Last month, Find My Past added 33 New Titles and added to 45 existing […]