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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 1-15, 2021, the added/updated collections are: Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 Argentina, Corrientes, Civil Registration, 1880-1930 Argentina, Misiones, Catholic Church Records, 1874-1975 Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 Argentina, San Juan, Catholic Church […]
The Alaska State Library has just announced that they have added 13 titles to the state’s digitized newspaper collection available at Chronicling America. The complete announcement can be read HERE Here are the titles that have been added: The New Native (Hydaburg, Alaska) The Free Press (Fairbanks, Alaska) The Alaska Socialist (Fairbanks, Alaska) The Midnight […]
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 […]
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 […]