Institutional records are another class of collections that should be part of one’s genealogy research repertoire. Although most of your ancestors may not have spent time in an institution, I’ll bet that almost every family tree has several that have. So they are worth your effort to research. Here are a few good primers for […]
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.
Institutional records are another class of collections that should be part of one’s genealogy research repertoire. Although most of your ancestors may not have spent time in an institution, I’ll bet that almost every family tree has several that have. So they are worth your effort to research. Here are a few good primers for […]
MyHeritage continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the last month, there are 12 new and 12 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!
Institutional records are another class of collections that should be part of one’s genealogy research repertoire. Although most of your ancestors may not have spent time in an institution, I’ll bet that almost every family tree has several that have. So they are worth your effort to research. Here are a few good primers for […]
Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 1 billion digitized pages from over 28,400 titles. Here is a list of the new titles from the past month. United States Alabama The Jackson County Farmer The Oxford News The Oxford Tribune The Oxford Tribune Arkansas […]
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 32 New Titles and 106 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 91.8 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]
Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently, its collection numbers over 91.8 million pages and is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 28 new titles and added to 109 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated […]
NewspaperARCHIVE, a subscription site, announced its updates for last month. There are 96 New Titles and 118 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 […]
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 70 in total. Important Note: These links are […]
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of April 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!