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 […]