Free Online Newfoundland and Labrador City Directories

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and Canada and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has […]

Free Online Ontario City Directories

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and Canada and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years […]

Maine Place Finder

Do you often find yourself wanting or needing to know what county a city is located in or what places might be found in a specific county? You could do a Google search but what if you had a handy list that included a list of all the cities, other places, and ghost towns that […]

Obituary Search – Frequently Asked Questions

Are you trying to find Obituaries for a relative, friend, or ancestor? People will tell you that it is easy – just look in old newspapers, or if it is a recent death, just Google the person’s name to see if there is an online obituary, tribute, or memorial. Here are several questions that you […]

Newspapers dot Com Update – September 2022

Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 795 million digitized pages from over 21,928 titles. Here is a list of the 648 new and updated titles from the past month. Canada Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Calgary Herald – 2,526,050 pages (1888–2022) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – Edmonton Journal – 2,084,905 pages (1903–2022) Vancouver, British Columbia, […]

Ancestry New and Updated Collections – September 2022

Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of September 1-30, 2022, the new and updated collections are: 1870 United States Federal Census (UPDATED) 1950 United States Federal Census (UPDATED) Aberystwyth, Wales, Indexes to Crew Lists, 1850-1914 (NEW) Aisne, France Censuses, 1794-1911 (UPDATED) Arizona, U.S., State Court […]

Newspapers dot Com Update – August 2022

Newspapers dot Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 782 million digitized pages from over 21,284 titles. CanadaAlberta Calgary, Calgary Herald, 2,525,148 pages (1888–2022) Edmonton, Edmonton Journal, 2,084,087 pages (1903–2022) British Columbia Vancouver, The Province2,348,558 pages (1894–2022) Ontario Toronto, National Post, 834,923 pages (1907–2022) Windsor, The Windsor Star, 1,597,123 pages (1893–2022) Quebec Montreal, The Gazette, 2,171,215 pages (1857–2022) Saskatchewan Regina, The Leader-Post, 1,357,601 […]

Ancestry New and Updated Collections – August 2022

Ancestry.com continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of August 1-31, 2022, the new and updated collections are: 1810 United States Federal Census (UPDATED) 1950 United States Federal Census (UPDATED) Alabama, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1888-1991 (UPDATED) Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 (UPDATED) Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, Births, […]

FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – August 31, 2022

FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. ​​For the period of August 1-31, 2022, the added/updated collections are: Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930 Alaska, Village Census Rolls, 1919-1972 Argentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971 Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 Argentina, […]

FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – August 15, 2022

FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. ​​For the period of August 1-15, 2022, the added/updated collections are: Alaska, Village Census Rolls, 1919-1972 Argentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971 Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977 […]