The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its’ updates for March, 2021. There are 23 New Titles, and 28 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 HERE. […]
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.
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for March 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 20 in total from 6 different states. Arkansas Updated content for […]
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 […]
Great news from the state of Georgia: “The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce that it has completed the digitization of two historically significant Georgia African American newspapers as part of a National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The digital images will be included […]
Divorce records from all over the U.S are sometimes difficult to find online. They are another hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. What can you find in these records? Obviously the dates and location of the divorce proceeding, the date and location of the marriage, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 1-15, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949 Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974 Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955 Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, […]
The U.S. Virgin Islands received a NEW Grant to digitize newspapers in August, 2020. Chronicling America has just announced the addition of the first title. From The Library of Congress: “This month Chronicling America added newspapers from its 50th contributor – the University of the Virgin Islands! This first newspaper from the U.S. Virgin Islands, the St. Croix Avis, provides […]
The Connecticut State Library has just announced the addition of 2 new titles from the 1800s that have been added to Chronicling America. From the State Library: “The CT Digital Newspaper Project (CDNP) is excited to announce that two more historic Connecticut newspapers have been added to Chronicling America – the Litchfield County Post and the Litchfield Enquirer! […]