07-06-2024

Family Tree Magazine

Historical Newspapers: Your Guide to Searching for Ancestors

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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Find Your Virginia Ancestors

Join Shannon Combes-Bennet for this live webinar and learn how to explore key Virginia records from every era, from colonial beginnings to the modern day.

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Newspapers

Top Websites for Finding State and Local Historical Newspapers

Don’t stop at the big newspaper websites—these smaller state-by-state databases will help you find historical newspapers for your ancestor’s hometown.

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Genealogist’s Guide to Getting Organized

This book will help you organize your time, photos, files and records—all the necessary (but often unwieldy) resources of successful genealogical endeavors. Grow your roots with Family Tree University.

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Websites

Comparing the Five Major Newspaper Websites for Genealogy

Looking for digitized newspapers? We’ve got the scoop on five newspaper giants: Newspapers.com, GenealogyBank, NewspaperArchive, Chronicling America and Fulton History. Here’s how they compare.

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Entertainment

Favorite Finds: Your Weekend Dose of Genealogy Fun

Need to add some genealogy fun to your weekend? Not to worry! Rachel and Andrew have gathered together our favorite finds from across the internet. From lost films to picnics in cemeteries, we’ve got your weekly dose of genealogical and historical fun stuff!

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