Using Newspapers to Find Divorce Records
Guest Post by Marc McDermott of Genealogy Explained Looking for divorce records can be a daunting task, especially if you don’t know where to start. But did you know that you can use old newspapers to help you find these records? By searching through newspaper archives, you can quickly pinpoint the time and place of a […]
Why You Should Be Using a Newspaper Research Log
Guest Post by Kenneth R. Marks of The Ancestor Hunt In my opinion, online newspaper research is more of an art than a pure science. However, that does not mean that it should be undisciplined. On the contrary, the best way to waste your time is to perform research with no discipline. Sure, when you […]
Use Abbreviations and Nicknames in Newspaper Searches to Drastically Add Pertinent Results
Guest Post by Kenneth R. Marks of The Ancestor Hunt In the “olden days,” newspaper publishers were quite frugal. They generally kept each issue to the same number of pages, whether they be 4, or 8, or other. Space was at a premium. In order to maximize the text on a page, they often used […]
The Best Way to Find Up to 20% More Pertinent Newspaper Articles Online
Guest Post by Kenneth R. Marks of The Ancestor Hunt Most online newspaper researchers do not recognize that when searching for a word, a term, a name, etc. that they essentially are searching against a database that has been built based on whether a very small section of a newspaper is black or white. It […]
Discover Engagements, Weddings, & More in Old Newspapers
Anyone doing family history research will inevitably search for weddings in newspapers. Many will attempt to locate an ancestor’s name, add the keywords wedding or marriage, and then spin the wheel of chance, hoping some results are returned. For some, that just might pay off; however, for most of us, it’s not that easy. Weddings […]
How to find family obituaries in newspapers
Newspapers hold a wealth of information between their pages. This can be especially true if you like to search for tidbits and clues of your ancestors’ lives. Newspapers generally report two types of notices regarding the death of someone. One is a death notice. It is typically a very simple listing stating the death and […]