British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 157 Titles – July, 2021

The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its’ updates for July 2021. There are 68 New Titles and 89 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 44 million pages available at the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. […]

Chronicling America Updates – July 2021

Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for July 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 18 in total from 5 different states. Alaska Updated content for […]

An Interview With Stefan Boddie, CEO of Veridian Software/DL Consulting

I recently conducted an interview with the CEO, Stefan Boddie. Below is a transcript of that interview. But first a quick overview of Veridian Did you know that Veridian Software has collections of digitized newspapers that can be searched for free? Over 50 million pages! Did you know that they power California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, […]

GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 64 Titles – July, 2021

GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for July 2021. There are 31 New Titles and 33 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: A total of 62 titles from 29 states, plus 1 title from […]

Why the Heck Aren’t You Researching Old Newspapers – The Third Dimension

I have to admit to a huge bias here – but I will say it – Searching old newspapers for articles about my ancestors is without question the most fulfilling research about my family history. Period! Everyone has different motivations for genealogy research. Some are name collectors, some want to be tied to someone famous; […]

Did You Know That Veridian has Over 50 Million Digitized Newspaper Pages to Search for Free Online?

Did you know that Veridian Software has collections of digitized newspapers that can be searched for free? Over 50 million pages, I might add. Did you know that they power California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia,  Washington, and Wyoming state newspaper collections? You may have used their software and didn’t know it! How about country-wide […]

Advantage Archives Adds 600K Historical Newspaper Pages – June, 2021

In February 2017, I started publishing a list of the catalog of online historical newspapers from over 400 different collections put together by the Advantage Archives Company, developed in conjunction with the libraries, historical societies and museums across the U.S. who preserve the historical newspapers for their communities. The list has grown a lot since […]

GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 53 Titles – June, 2021

GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its’ updates for June 2021. There are 20 New Titles, and 33 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: A total of 44 titles from 20 states, plus 1 title from […]

Find My Past Adds/Updates 38 Historical Newspaper Titles – June, 2021

Find My Past is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. A subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers, it has titles from all over the world, including the U.S. Currently their collection numbers nearly 120 million pages. It is growing rapidly. This month, Find My Past added 11 New Titles and added to […]

Chronicling America Updates – June 2021

Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historical newspapers regularly updates their collection. Here are the updated titles for June 2021. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title’s pages in the database. There are 17 in total from 6 different states. Iowa Updated content for […]