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As you folks know, I’m a big fan of digital documents, books, and periodicals online. This last week I finally bought a NewspaperARCHIVE.com subscription. I’ve already found numerous papers that have items about both my family, as well as Patty’s. Continue reading New Online Digital Newspapers at NewspaperARCHIVE – 1
Within the last 24 hours, Jeff Bockman posted an article titled, Extra, Extra, Read All About Your Ancestors, on his website. The article details the kinds of things you might find when searching the papers for your people. And as Continue reading Read All About Your Ancestors – in the Newspaper
The Irish Times is celebrating their 150th year in circulation by opening up free public access to the newspaper’s digital archives. The Archives goes all the way back to March 29, 1859. Note that the free access won’t last long, Continue reading The Irish Times, 1859-2009 – Digital Archive Available FREE through April 5
The Wells County Public Library in Bluffton, Indiana has two online resources that genealogists need to be aware of. First, they have an online Bluffton Obituary Index that runs from 1866 through the year 2000. Secondly, the Cemetery Index for Continue reading Wells County, Indiana Online Obituary & Cemetery Indexes
The following excerpt is from an extensive article written by Ginger McGuire, and published in the Chico News & Review. For the last 15 years, Butte County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs has tried to get the county to establish a hall Continue reading A Warehouse of Butte County, California, Records
The following News Release was written by DCL staff: FRESH MEADOWS, N.Y., March 24 /PRNewswire/ – Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. (DCL), providing conversion services and software to publishers, industry, government, libraries and documentation developers, has announced the completion of several Continue reading Data Conversion Projects Completed for Accessible Archives
Having a lot of family from Southwest Michigan, I’ve been very pleased by the progress being made on an index to obituaries from the counties of Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren. Over 89,000 obits are indexed. The obits Continue reading The SW Michigan Obituary Index with Over 89,000 Obits Indexed
NewspaperARCHIVE.com announces a new column by genealogist Phyllis Matthews Ziller, M.L.I.S., inviting readers to use historical newspapers to discover the details of ancestors’ marriages. Discover Your Family History In The World’s Largest Newspaper Archive! Cedar Rapids, Iowa (PRWEB) March 19, 2009 – Cedar Rapids-based NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world’s largest Continue reading NewspaperARCHIVE.com Announces New Genealogy Column
I wrote about the fact that the P-I was for sale, and the possible upcoming demise of the Seattle Post Intelligencer a while back. As I noted at the time, being a Washington State native, I really hated to see Continue reading The Seattle P-I Survives as an Online Publication
I’m a reader – and that’s the way I like to get my news, whether its in the form of a newspaper, magazine, or just words on the computer screen, I get a lot more out of the written word Continue reading I Get That Mormon Paper – The Deseret News
It was reported this morning in the MoSGA Messenger blog that the Keith Zimmer, working at the St. Louis Public Library, has indexed the obituaries, death notices, and burial permits noted in the Post-Dispatch for following years: 1880-1930 1942-1945 1960-1963 Continue reading St. Louis Post Dispatch Obituaries Index
Tom Kemp, with GenealogyBank, just sent me a list of exciting new changes that have been made to the search capabilities in the Historic Newspaper Collection at GenealogyBank. The new search allows the following that we could not do before: Continue reading Exciting New Search Upgrades at GenealogyBank.com
My old employer, ProQuest, made a number of genealogically-important announcements at the American Library Association Conference in Denver a few days ago. The information excerpted below is from a much longer article in the January 25, 2009 edition of the Continue reading ProQuest Announces a Number of Projects of Interest to Genealogists at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver
As with most genealogical societies, the Livingston County Genealogical Society in Michigan collects, preserves, and makes available to the public, information on people who have lived in Livingston County. The group also helps researchers searching ancestors in Livingston County, no Continue reading The Livingston County Genealogical Society May Be Able to Help You
The following was written by NewspaperARCHIVE.com staff. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (PRWEB) January 22, 2009 – NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world’s largest online newspaper archive, has launched a storefront featuring genealogy resources, history books, and other research tools. The store is integrated into Continue reading NewspaperARCHIVE.com Launches an Online Amazon aStore