Tips for Analyzing Historical Obituaries Premium
Learn details about your ancestor's death and his place in the community with obituaries and death notices. These tips will help you find and understand them.
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Document Detective: Obituaries Premium
Obituaries can be valuable sources of information for genealogists. Our Document Detective outlines the seven key sections often included in these notices.
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Now What: Tracking Down Obituaries for Ancestors Who Died en Route Premium
Tracking down obituaries for your ancestors is always a bit tricky, but having an ancestor who passed away while migrating west adds extra complications. Here how to track down the record you need.
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How I Did It: Used Newspapers to Build the Story of my Ancestor’s Life Premium
In our How I Did It series, genealogy experts you know and trust share stories of how they solved a specific problem in their research. This week, author and host of Genealogy Roadshow Kenyatta D. Berry shares how she used newspapers to fill in the missing pieces.
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Creating a Strategy for Historical Newspaper Research
With so many excellent online resources for historical newspaper research, how do you know where to start? Newspaper expert James M. Beidler shares how to track down the newspapers you need.
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Maximizing Your Historical Newspapers Searches
Looking for tips to find your ancestors in historical newspapers? Start with these tips for searching the US Newspaper Directory on the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” website.
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Free Online Historical Newspapers for Genealogy Research
Extra! Extra! Read all about your ancestors in these free, online historical newspapers. We’ll show you the best resources for finding free digital newspapers, and how to use them.
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How To Use Newspapers.com in 9 Steps Premium
Newspapers.com has newspapers dating from the 1700s to the 2000s.These tips will help you mine them for your family tree.
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Pushing Papers Premium
Ephemera, such as tickets, brochures, and letters, can add color to family stories or be used to illustrate a family history project. Here's how!
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Free Websites for Searching Old Newspapers Premium
Looking for ancestors' obituaries and other articles in old newspapers that mention your relatives' names? Search millions of old newspapers pages at these free genealogy websites.
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How to Find Online Historical Newspapers from Around the World Premium
Find your ancestors in online newspapers from Germany, Great Britain, Canada and more with these tips and resources for digital newspaper research. homeland.
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Research Family Photographers in Old Newspapers
The name and address of a photo studio usually found on a card photograph contains clues to help you learn more about when and where a picture was taken. That information can narrow a time frame for a family photograph. While city directories are a standard resource for leaning more...
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