The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 22 New Titles and 50 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 96.2 million pages available on 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, is available for online research of United States historical newspapers, and it regularly updates its collection. Here are the updated titles for last month. Some are new titles, and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 21 in total. Important Note: These links are […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, announced its updates for last month. There are 74 New Titles and 61 Titles that have had issues added. There are over 16,000 titles available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. Below are the titles added or updated this month, with […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of September 1-30, 2025, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
FamilySearch continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of September 1-30, 2025, the added/updated collections are: For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and […]
The “I Dream of Genealogy” website is not very well known, but it has a set of its own collections and links to other collections. It started in 1998. From the website: “Here you will find free online genealogy databases, compiled family histories, vital record resources, famous and celebrity family trees, lost and found family heirlooms, genealogy search, and you can submit […]
PICRYL is a massive public-domain search engine with over 25 million images, making it one of the largest free visual history platforms in the world. While most genealogists have never heard of it, PICRYL can provide something that traditional genealogy databases cannot: Photographs and illustrations that visually reconstruct the world your ancestors lived in. Even […]
In short, Dead Fred is a photo archive. The site has been in existence for over 20 years. From the website: “Dead Fred’s Genealogy Photo Archive, a free, fun photo genealogy research website devoted to helping you visualize your heritage!” If you are interested in obtaining a photo of your ancestors, you should try Dead Fred. There […]
Immigration Records are some of the richest genealogy record sets and can provide excellent clues and data about your ancestors. Specifically, when they came to America or traveled but did not immigrate. Emigration records can tell you when they left their homeland and can direct you to when they might have immigrated if you are […]
This past week (September 20 – September 26, 2025), the following additions were made to The Newspaper Research Academy: ✅ Free Resources – 2 New Articles were added – 59 Total ✅ Research Guides – 5 New Guides were added – 38 Total ✅ On-Demand Webinars – 0 New – 14 Total ✅ Premium – […]