Quicksheet Vault Weekly Update – February 20, 2026

The Quicksheet Vault is a growing collection of structured, ready-to-use research references — with new additions being added regularly. This past week (February 14, 2026 to February 20, 2026), the following additions were made to the Quicksheet Vault: ✅ QS Core Collection – 0 New – 174 Total✅ QS Glossaries – 4 New – 6 […]

Newspaper Research Academy Weekly Update – February 19, 2026

This past week (February 13, 2026 to February 19, 2026), the following additions were made to The Newspaper Research Academy: ✅ Free Resources – 0 New Articles were added – 102 Total ✅ Research Guides – 5 New Guides were added – 121 Total ✅ Video Guides – 0 New Videos – 19 Total ✅ […]

Online Newspaper Database Updates for January/February

Over 1,500 New titles were added by various Free and Subscription databases in the last month. Here are links to all the updates: Here are links to all the updates: Chronicling America – Not Yet Published Advantage Archives – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/140-million-historic-u-s-newspaper-pages-now-available-from-advantage-archives/ Veridian – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/veridian-adds-updates-306-titles-february-2026/ Newspapers dot com – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/newspapers-dot-com-update-january-2026/ GenealogyBank – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/genealogybank-adds-updates-15-titles-february-2026/ NewspaperARCHIVE – https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/newspaperarchive-update-january-2026/ British Newspaper […]

Newspaper Research Academy Weekly Update – February 5, 2026

This past week (January 30, 2026 to February 5, 2026), the following additions were made to The Newspaper Research Academy: ✅ Free Resources – 0 New Articles were added – 102 Total ✅ Research Guides – 4 New Guides were added – 116 Total ✅ Video Guides – 0 New Videos – 19 Total ✅ […]

140 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages Now Available from Advantage Archives

For the last 8 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 and other institutions across the U.S. to digitize and host their online newspaper collections. These links have also been incorporated in the state collection summaries found […]

GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 15 Titles – February 2026

GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its updates for February 2026. There are 9 New Titles and 6 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 […]

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections Adds/Updates 24 Titles – February 2026

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections regularly adds or updates newspaper titles to the collections. Last month, 24 titles were added or updated (Information provided by Veridian Software, which powers the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections website). Here is the list of titles for this month: To access the site, go to Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections

NY State Historical Newspapers Adds 5 Titles – February, 2026

Source: Northern New York Library Network  If you follow this website at all, you know that I, from time to time, update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February 2014 and have added many updates, the latest in November 2024. The largest collection […]

Veridian Adds/Updates 306 Titles – February 2026

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 […]

Find My Past Adds/Updates 95 Historical Newspaper Titles – January 2026

Find My Pastis an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently, its collection numbers over 99.4 million pages and is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 27 new titles and added to 68 existing titles. They are listed below: New Titles Updated Titles […]