Online Newspaper Database Updates for November/December Over 1,000 New titles were added by various Free and Subscription databases in the last month. Here are links to all the updates: Chronicling America – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/chronicling-america-updates-november-2025/ Advantage Archives – Not Yet Published Veridian – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/veridian-adds-updates-395-titles-december-2025/ Newspapers dot com – Not Yet Published GenealogyBank – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/genealogybank-adds-updates-18-titles-december-2025/ NewspaperARCHIVE – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/newspaperarchive-update-november-2025/ […]
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 December 2025. There are 10 New Titles and 8 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: To see our newspaper archives’ entire title list of more than […]
Veridian Software has many clients with collections of digitized newspapers that can be searched for free. Over 200 million pages currently. They power the newspaper collections of California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. And country-wide collections, such as Estonia, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland. Veridian is the name of […]
Introduction: Ever wondered where your ancestors’ financial ups and downs were recorded? When property changed hands—whether through foreclosure, debt, estate settlement, tax delinquency, or court-ordered seizure—local newspapers documented the process in remarkable detail. Auction and Sheriff’s Sale notices weren’t just legal advertisements; they were public announcements describing land, belongings, economic hardship, and community change. These […]
County plat maps and landowner atlases provide a snapshot of who owned or occupied land at a specific moment in time. Published by county surveyors, mapmakers, and commercial atlas companies—especially during the mid-1800s to early 1900s—these maps show property lines, landowners’ names, acreage, transportation routes, churches, schools, cemeteries, mills, and neighboring families. For genealogists, these […]
In addition to the familiar federal population schedules, many communities, states, and federal agencies created local and special censuses that captured details not found in regular decennial counts. These include school censuses, veterans schedules, agricultural and industrial schedules, and other specialized enumerations designed for taxation, education, military pensions, economic surveys, or local administrative needs. Because […]
FamilySearch’s new Full-Text Search is one of the most quietly powerful features they’ve released in years — and easily overlooked because it’s still labeled “Beta” and buried under the Search menu. Most genealogists assume FamilySearch has no newspapers… but this tool breaks that assumption by indexing millions of pages of digitized periodicals, journals, and yes […]
Chancery courts—also known as equity courts—handled disputes that regular courts of law could not resolve, especially cases involving property, inheritance, estates, contract disagreements, guardianships, and family conflicts. Because these cases required detailed explanations rather than simple legal rulings, they often contain rich narratives describing family members, relationships, land divisions, and personal histories. This makes chancery […]
MyHeritage continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For November 1-30, 2025, there are 7 new and 22 updated collections. The new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 20 New Titles and 94 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 97.8 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]