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 […]
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 March, 2021. There are 39 New Titles, and 24 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 52 titles from 24 states, plus 11 national titles […]
In the first half of 2021, I separated the links for Birth, Marriage, and Death Records and Indexes into three web pages rather than one combined page with all three categories. This was due to the length of one web page for all categories becoming too long. Choose your category below (sorry for the extra […]
The Digital Library of Georgia just announced that 41 titles have just been added in the past few months to the Georgia Historic Newspapers website. The complete announcement can be found HERE. The announcement also discusses where the funding for each of the added titles came from. Here is a list of the titles (and funding organization): Titles […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its’ updates for February, 2021. There are 33 New Titles, and 45 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. Below […]
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 February 1-28, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Alabama, Military Discharge Records, ca.1918 – ca.1962 Argentina, Corrientes, Civil Registration, 1880-1930 Argentina, Misiones, Catholic Church Records, 1874-1975 Argentina, Salta, Civil […]
Source: Images from findmypast.com 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 23 New Titles […]
Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers, regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for February, 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 26 in total from 8 different states and the Virgin Islands. Alaska Updated […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of February 1-28, 2021, the new/updated collections are: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED) Bornheim, Germany, Births, 1798-1900 (NEW) Bornheim, Germany, Deaths 1799-1932 (NEW) Bornheim, Germany, Marriages 1798-1932 (NEW) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809 (UPDATED) Brazil, Find a Grave Index, […]