MyHeritage continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of November 1-15, 2023, There are 18 new and 8 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 […]
Category: Miscellaneous
The Internet Archive has been around since 1996 and has a magnificent assortment of genealogical materials in many different categories of interest to genealogy researchers. It is a major resource; not to be missed. Per Wikipedia, “As of January 1, 2023, the Internet Archive holds over 36 million books and texts, 11.6 million movies, videos and […]
Are you just starting your genealogy research? Are you going to write your autobiography or a bunch of family stories? Maybe you are going to write a biography of your grandmother? You are surrounded by genealogy-related items in your home (or in your grandmother’s home). Here’s a list of the items that will not only […]
I knew that my Dad had several patents and that his grandfather possibly held one or two. So a few years ago I started searching and found two additional ancestors that had filed for and gotten approved for a few more patents. I would suggest that you search these five free databases that have patent […]
Google has a number of databases and functions that we can search and/or use, such as Google Books, Google Scholar, and others that are useful to us as genealogy researchers. Here is an overview of some of these databases and functions: Google Books has a seemingly never-ending supply of digitized books. And there is an […]
Personally, I had never used the U.S. National Archives databases until a few years ago, when I started using the Numident Files, which are fantastic resources. I have discovered a wealth of documents, indexes, and a search capability that you can get lost in! A great place to start is to review the Genealogy Research […]
Everyone has their “go-to” websites that they often use to find genealogy resources and information. Here is a list of my favorites for the U.S., Canada, and Europe; and everyone is Free! (Updated November 2023) Access Genealogy Advantage Archives Afrigeneas Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center American Battle Monuments Commission American History & Genealogy Project […]
Are you a DP.LA user? If not, you should be. I find it to be “better than Google” for finding digitized resources owned by libraries, archives, and other similar institutions. In essence, it is like having online card catalogs from hundreds of institutions that you can search for digitized collections and items all at once. […]
One resource that should be used more by family history researchers is books. There are hundreds of thousands of local history, family history, and genealogy books that have been published. A large percentage have been digitized, and even more are on library shelves and can be borrowed – either from a local library, a university […]
MyHeritage continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. There are 7,266 total collections, representing over 19.6 billion records. For the period of October 1-31, 2023, There are 19 new and 9 updated collections. The new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are […]