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FamilySearch New and Updated Collections - March 1-31, 2019

3/29/2019

Source: familysearch.org

FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.

For the period of March 1-31, 2019, the added/updated collections are:

For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list

I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

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Chronicling America Updates - March, 2019

3/29/2019

Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historic newspapers, regularly updates their collection.

Here are the updated titles for March, 2019. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title's pages in the database. There are 61 in total from 18 different states. (Please note that some newspapers may be listed multiple times because they were updated more than once by the Library of Congress during the month).

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Updated content for New Britain herald. (New Britain, Conn.)

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Updated content for The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.)

Idaho

Indiana

Updated content for The Indianapolis journal. (Indianapolis [Ind.])

Maine

Updated content for The Portland daily press. (Portland, Me.)

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

North Dakota

Updated content for The Fargo forum and daily republican. (Fargo, N.D.)

Puerto Rico

Updated content for Boletín mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.)

Texas

Wisconsin

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for these states and others - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

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Historical Free Caribbean Newspapers Online

3/27/2019

For those of you who have ancestors/relatives from the Caribbean island countries, there are over 250 historical newspapers listed below that have been published over the last two hundred or so that may help you find some information and stories about them.

Listed are only those that are available online. As always, there are many more available via microfilm and in original form via libraries and archives.

Please note that these are all free to search. Some are indexed, and some are not. You may see some
duplicates - this is because the newspaper is provided in multiple online sites, so you may wish to search or browse each of the duplicates.

Anguilla

Official gazette, St. Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba

Aruba Esso News
Aruba: Noticiero Oficial di Gobierno
Aruba: Noticiero Oficial di Gobierno Insular
Aruba: Organo di Servicio Informativo di Gobierno Insular
Awe Mainta
Vito

Bahamas

Barbado

Barbados advocate
Barbados Mercury, and Bridge-town Gazette
Official gazette, Barbados

Belize

Angelus
Belize ag report
e-bulletin
Government gazette, British Honduras
Independent reformer
Insights Magazine
STAR Newspaper
Toledo Howler
UB bulletin

Bermuda

Bermuda Recorder
Bermuda Times
New era, or, Home journal.
Royal Gazette
Royal gazette and colonist daily.
Royal gazette, Bermuda commercial and general advertiser
The Mid-Ocean
Workers Voice

British Virgin Islands

Antigua, Montserrat and Virgin Islands gazette

Cuba

Curaçao

Amigoe di Curacao
Amigoe di Curacao
Amigoe di Curacao: weekly magazine for the Curacao islands
The Curaçao current

Dominica

Dominican Republic

El Dominicano : Periodico Politico y Literario
Listín diario
Puro turismo
Rebate
Voz da religiao no Cariry

Grenada

Government gazette, Grenada
The Grenada newsletter

Guyana

Guyana chronicle
Stabroek News

Haiti

Honduras Bay Islands

Bay Islands voice

Jamaica

Martinique

Justice, Fort-de-France
Progressiste

Montserrat

Antigua, Montserrat and Virgin Islands gazette

Netherlands Antilles

Bonaire reporter

Panama Canal Zone

El FaroBalboa, Panama
News from ... the Panama Canal
Panama Canal Customer newsletter
Panama Canal news
Panama Canal spillway : el Canal de Panamá spillway
Panama star & herald
Spillway
The Parrakeet

Puerto Rico

Boletín mercantil de Puerto Rico
Borinqueneers
bosque pluvial
Claridad
Correspondencia de Puerto Rico
El Morro
El Mundo
El Nuevo Vieques
Faro del Suroeste
Gazeta de Puerto-Rico
Gazeta de Puerto-Rico
IDentidad
Isla Nena
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico
La democracia
La democracia
Live & life in Palmas
Página de Cheo
Pagina del Este
Periódicos Históricos de Puerto Rico
Presente Magazine
Sargasso, Río Piedras, San Juan
Siempre Presente
The Vieques Times

Saint Barthelemy

Journal de Saint-Barth
St Barth weekly

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Sint Eustatius

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean belle
Caribbean reef magazine
Port of Spain gazette
Tapia
Trinidad and Tobago gazette
Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad Guardian Reporting on Prime Minister, Dr. Eric Williams
Tropic news
UWI today
West Indies gazette

Turks and Caicos Islands

Royal Standard

U.S. Virgin Islands

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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27,210 Total FREE U.S. Historical Newspaper Links - First 2019 Update

3/24/2019

On this website, the first set of free online links to U.S. historical newspapers was published in February, 2014. Updates were added in June, 2015, December, 2015, June, 2016, February 2017, July, 2017, December, 2017, March, 2018, June, 2018, November, 2018, and March, 2019.

This first update of 2019 adds another 1,950 titles.

The grand total is over 27,210 FREE links to historical American newspapers!

More and more newspapers are being digitized and are being made available for all of us to research. Some are full-text searchable and others are browsable.

I will continue to follow the digitization activities across the country and hope to publish the next update in the summer of 2019.

You need to know where these links to new and updated collections can be found, so that you can discover articles about your ancestors. Hopefully these 51 articles full of free links will assist you in your discovery and research.

To search the new (and old) and updated links, choose your state link below and see all the newspapers that are available for you to research.

(Please note - there may be more that I have not yet discovered, and if you are aware of some that I have not included, please let me know in the comments)

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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400 Free Western States Online Historical Newspaper Titles Added

3/24/2019

400 new and updated Free Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Western States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in March, 2019, and represent additions from the past 4 months. There now is a total of 4,227 titles for the Western states. Just click on your chosen state below and the links to newspaper titles from that state will appear.

I hope these new links help you find more newspaper articles about your ancestors!

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730 Free Mid-West States Online Historical Newspaper Titles Added

3/23/2019

About 730 new and updated Free Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid West States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in March, 2019, and represent additions from the past 4 months. There is a total of 10,262 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid-West. Just click on your chosen state below and the links to newspaper titles from that state will appear.

I hope these new links help you find more newspaper articles about your ancestors!

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435 Free Southern States Online Historical Newspaper Titles Added

3/18/2019

About 435 new and updated Free Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Southern States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in March, 2019, and represent additions from the past 4 months. There is a total of 8,958 historical newspapers available to search for free from the South. Just click on your chosen state below and the links to newspaper titles from that state will appear.

I hope these new links help you find more newspaper articles about your ancestors!

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NY State Historical Newspapers Adds/Updates 25 Titles - March, 2019

3/18/2019

If you follow this website at all, you know that I from time to time update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February, 2014, and have added many updates, the latest in March, 2019. The largest collection for the state is Old Fulton New York Postcards which has significant updates once or twice a year. I usually write an article alerting you to those updates as they are published.

The NY State Historic Newspapers site is not as well known as Old Fulton Postcards, but is adding and updating titles at a very rapid rate and has just hit 8.5 million pages available.

All of the counties in the state are represented. It is brought to you by the Northern New York Library Network in partnership with the Empire State Library Network. You should take advantage of this resource and check back often.

Here are the latest added and updated newspapers included in their December, 2018 update. You can search them at NY State Historic Newspapers.

New Titles

Bellmore life. - Bellmore, N.Y., 1964-2013
The Cohoes Republican. - Cohoes, N.Y., 1892-1920
The Daily Saratogian. - Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 1855-1910
Deutscher Wochenspiegel. - Rochester, N.Y., 1967-1978
Eastern state journal. - White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., 1845-1918
Rochester Abendpost. - Rochester, N.Y., 1902-1967
Rochester Beobachter. - Rochester, N.Y., 1851-1870
Rochester täglicher Beobachter. - Rochester, N.Y., 1870-188?
The Sun & Record. - Williamson, N.Y., 1999-current
The Troy sentinel. - Troy, N.Y., 1823-1832
White Plains daily argus. - White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., 1908-1919
The Williamson sentinel. - Williamson, N.Y., 1???-1925
The Williamson sun and The Williamson sentinel. - Williamson, N.Y., 1925-current

Updated Titles

The Babylon beacon. - Babylon, N.Y., 1966-1972
Capital neighbors. - Albany, N.Y., 1995-current
The East Hampton Star. - East Hampton, N.Y., 1885-current
The Freeport Baldwin Leader. - Freeport, N.Y., 1987-current
The leader. - Freeport, N.Y., 1941-1987
The Long-Islander. - Huntington [N.Y.], 1839-current
Merrick life. - Merrick, N.Y., 1938-1943
North Country Catholic. - Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1946-current
Northport journal. - Northport, N.Y., 1885-current
The record. - Huntington, N.Y., 199?-current
The Roslyn news. - Roslyn, Queens County, N.Y., 1878-current
Sag-Harbor express. - Sag-Harbor, Suffolk County, N.Y., 1859-1921

For a complete list of all this collection's titles as well as all New York titles available online, go to New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary.

Good luck with your research!

For other states and additional Newspaper research resources, check out the Newspapers page

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60 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages Now Available from Advantage Archives

3/18/2019

For the last 3 years I have been tracking the online collections made available by the Advantage Archives (formerly Advantage Preservation) company, who has contracted with several hundred libraries and other institutions across the U.S. to digitize and host their online newspaper collections.

The great majority of these links have been Incorporated in the state collection summaries found in the Newspaper Links page on this site.

The most recent update from Advantage Archives totals 598 collections from 41 states (plus one Canadian province) and a total number of pages exceeding 60 million!

Some of the collections are small, but others have over 50 different newspaper titles. Although Advantage Archives gets the credit for making these available, much of the credit should go to the individual libraries, library systems, historical societies and other institutions, who do the really hard work of obtaining the funds via grants and other funding sources to digitize these old newspapers and make them available online for their patrons. In these times where funding for digitization of old newspapers from libraries, archives and other institutions is not easy to get, those of us who want to research our genealogy through newspapers and other documents owe a large debt of gratitude to the librarians and archivists who make all of this possible. The moral of the story is "Support your local libraries and archives!"

Here is a list by state and county of the online collections available to search for free (with page counts in parentheses and those who allow searching only in the library's location):

Alaska

Wrangell-Petersburg - Petersburg Public Library (66,900)

Arizona

Pinal - Casa Grande Public Library (412,005)
Pinal - Eloy Santa Cruz Library (48,163)

Arkansas

Sebastian - Fort Smith Public Library (194,719)

Colorado

Yuma - Yuma Public Library (79,636)

Connecticut

Hartford - Farmington Libraries (77,125)
Hartford - New Britain Public Library (11,963)
Hartford - Windsor Locks Historical Society (32,586)
Litchfield - Beardsley & Memorial Library (7,451)
Litchfield - Scoville Memorial Library (164,315)
Litchfield - Thomaston Public Library (59,575)
Middlesex - East Hampton Public Library (18,995)
New Haven - Ansonia Historical Commission (29,747)
New Haven - James Blackstone Memorial Library (145,473)
New Haven - North Haven Public Library (52,476)
New Haven - Wallingford City Directories (14,732)

Delaware

New Castle - New Castle Public Library (35,269)

Georgia

Colquitt - Moultrie Colquitt County Library System (65,442)
Dawson - Dawson County Library (90,498)
Glynn - Marshes of Glynn Library (3,573)
Laurens - Oconee Regional Library System (337,958) (in-library)
Lee - Lee County Library (54,873)
Morgan - Uncle Remus Regional Library System (343,627)
Worth - Worth County Library (105,230)

Idaho

Bannock - Marshall Public Library (111,144)
Bear Lake - Bear Lake County Library (101,590)
Bingham - Blackfoot Library (15,186)
Cassia - Burley Public Library (50,106)
Clearwater - Elk River Free Library (3,075)
East Bonner - East Bonner County Library District (315,180)
Franklin - Franklin County Library District (87,172)
Jerome - Jerome Public Library (25,306)
Kootenai - Hayden Community Library Network (149,420)
Lemhi - Salmon Public Library (63,876)
Payette - Armoral Tuttle Public Library (14,730)
Teton - Valley of the Tetons District Library (78,681)

Illinois

Brown - Brown County Public Library (113,905)
Cassio - Beardstown Houston Memorial Library (189,598)
Clark - Marshall Public Library (150,354)
Cook - Bellwood Public Library (92,243)
Cook - Forest Park Public Library (97,200)
Cook - Midlothian Public Library (43,613)
Cook - Park Ridge Library (392,625) (in-library)
Cook - River Forest Public Library (351,985)
DeKalb - Shabbona Lee Rolo Historical Museum (42,972)
DeWitt - Farmer City Library (82,968)
DuPage - St. Charles Public Library (74,535)
Hancock - Warsaw Public Library (89,872)
Henry - Cambridge Library (85,897)
Henry - Clover Public Library District (34,747)
Henry - Galva Public Library (85,533)
Henry - Geneseo Public Library District (134,088)
Henry - Kewanee Public Library District (317,040)
Henry - Western District Library (70,442)
Kane - Town and Country Public Library District (91,180)
LaSalle - Earlville Library District (68,992)
Logan - Atlanta Public Library and Museum (28,012)
Marshall - Henry Public Library (95,178)
McHenry - Harvard Diggins Library (84,797)
Ogle - Byron Public Library (36,536)
Ogle - Polo Public Library (6,512)
Peoria - Brimfield Public Library (36,970)
Peoria - Peoria Heights Public Library (16,800)
Rock Island - Moline Public Library (530,440)
Schuyler - Rushville Illinois (105,040)
St. Clair - Freeburg Area Library District (41,341)
St. Clair - New Athens District Library (65,534)
Stark - Bradford Public Library District (48,878)
Stark - Toulon Public Library (67,711)
Tazewell - Morton Public Library (153,162)
Whiteside - Erie Illinois Public Library (35,072)
Whiteside - Sterling Public Library (173,334)
Will - Plainfield Public Library District (12,561)
Winnebago - Talcott Free Library District (99,926)
Woodford - Illinois Prairie District Public Library (152,168)

Indiana

Knox - Knox County Public Library (277,726)

Iowa

Allamakee - Postville Public Library (80,273)
Appanoose - Centerville Iowegian (376,842)
Benton - Baseball Museum of Norway (13,404)
Benton - Belle Plaine Community Library (111,135)
Benton - Blairstown Public Library (48,999)
Benton - Schroeder Public Library (9,524)
Benton - Vinton Public Library & the Benton County Historical Society (268,090)
Black Hawk - La Porte City (14,504)
Bremer - Sumner Public Library (87,928)
Bremer - Waverly Public Library (54,390)
Buchanan - Jesup Public Library (54,926)
Buena Vista - Albert City Historical Society (28,626)
Buena Vista - Buena Vista University (15,907)
Buena Vista - Marathon Public Library (14,387)
Buena Vista - Newell Public Library (117,663)
Buena Vista - Sioux Rapids Public Library (52,731)
Buena Vista - Storm Lake Public Library (284,250)
Butler - Aplington Legion Memorial Library (10,543)
Butler - Clarksville Public Library (78,898)
Butler - Greene Public Library (64,895)
Butler - Kothe Memorial Library (64,392)
Carroll - Carroll Public Library (536,559)
Carroll - Coon Rapids Public Library (85,843)
Cass - Cass County Genealogical Society (138,656)
Cass - Griswold Public Library (72,607)
Cedar - West Branch Public Library (19,406)
Cerro Gordo - Clear Lake (26,390)
Cherokee - Aurelia Public Library (47,813)
Cherokee - Cherokee Public Library (354,769)
Cherokee - Marcus Public Library (41,255)
Chickasaw - New Hampton Public Library (201,619)
Clarke - Oseola Public Library (118,486)
Clay - Kirchner French Public Library (42,855)
Clay - Spencer Public Library (48,758)
Clayton - Elkader Public Library (118,209)
Clayton - Garnavillo Historical Society (16,050)
Clayton - Guttenberg Public Library (105,951)
Clayton - McGregor Historical Museum (133,766)
Clayton - Monona Public Library (93,102)
Clinton - Clinton Public Library (111,408)
Crawford - Charter Oak (49,346)
Crawford - Norelius Community Library (132,469)
Crawford - Schleswig Public Library (39,711)
Dallas - Perry Iowa (231,828)
Delaware - Manchester Iowa Archive (144,956)
Dickinson - Dickinson County (234,350)
Dubuque - City of Dubuque (70,999)
Dubuque - The Witness (65,563)
Emmet - Estherville Public Library (478,993)
Fayette - Elgin Public Library (63,605)
Fayette - Fayette Public Library (66,273)
Fayette - Oelwein (366,580) (in-library)
Fayette - The Collegian (13,814)
Fayette - West Union Community Library (131,029)
Floyd - Rockford Public Library (52,893)
Greene - Jefferson Public Library (156,775)
Grundy - Beaman Community Memorial Library (5,231)
Grundy - Conrad Museum (1,372)
Grundy - Kling Memorial Library (121,196)
Grundy - Ostfriesen Heritage Society (17,699)
Guthrie - Bayard Public Library (45,088)
Guthrie - Mary Burnett Memorial Library (105,808)
Guthrie - Stuart Public Library (56,863)
Hamilton - Ellsworth Public Library (46,831)
Hamilton - Hamilton County (451,874)
Hancock - Hancock County (6,679)
Hardin - Ackley Public Library (42,719)
Hardin - Hardin County Iowa (574,755) (in-library)
Harrison - Missouri Valley Public Library (101,029) (in-library)
Henry - Winfield Public Library (56,713)
Howard - Howard Winnishiek-Cresco (87,805)
Humblodt - Humboldt County Genealogical Society (25,663)
Ida - Battle Creek (29,034)
Ida - Ida Grove Public Library (113,822)
Iowa - Iowa County Genealogical (39,140) (in-library)
Iowa - Iowa County Iowa (301,952) (in-library)
Iowa - Williamsburg Iowa (301,952) (in-library)
Jasper - Monroe Public Library (28,274)
Johnson - Iowa City Public Library (231,023)
Johnson - Oxford Public Library (12,022)
Jones - Jones County Genealogical Society (321,917)
Jones - Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library, Monticello (139,104)
Keokuk - Hedrick Public Library (45,735)
Keokuk - North English (748,915)
Kossuth - Algona Public Library (216,139)
Kossuth - Kossuth County Newspapers (170,771)
Linn - Cedar Rapids Public Library (2,459,814)
Linn - Coe College (33,583)
Linn - Coggon Historical Society (14,404)
Linn - Cornell College (54,104)
Linn - Linn County Atlas (1,245)
Linn - Marion Public Library (153,711)
Linn - Mount Vernon Public Library (71,929)
Louisa - Mellinger Public Library (64,508)
Lucas - Chariton Public Library (118,522)
Lyon - Rock Rapids Public Library (113,016)
Madison - Earlham Echo (30,555)
Madison - Winterset Public Library (125,832)
Marion - Central College (34,216)
Marion - Marion County (37,106)
Marion - Pella Public Library (151,216)
Marshall - Gutekunst Public Library (64,881)
Marshall - Marshalltown Public Library (78,708)
Mills - Malvern Public Library (63,022)
Mills - The Silver City Historical Society (12,000)
Mitchell - Nissen Public Library (50,034)
Mitchell - Osage Public Library (31,016)
Monona - Mapleton Public Library (84,944)
Monona - Onawa Public Library (134,742)
Monroe - Monroe County Historical Society (167,941)
Montgomery - Red Oak Community (173,648)
Montgomery - Stanton Historical Society (25,069)
Montgomery - Villisca Public Library (73,287)
O'Brien - General N.B. Baker Library (41,576)
O'Brien - Hartley Public Library (81,639)
O'Brien - O'Brien County Archives (77,685)
O'Brien - Paullina Public Library (61,820)
O'Brien - Sanborn Public Library (99,129)
Osceola - Sibley Public Library (124,842)
Page - Essex Lied Public Library (41,265)
Page - Lied Public Library (185,591)
Page - Shenandoah Public Library (261,691) (in-library)
Palo Alto - Graettinger Public Library (59,138)
Palo Alto - Palo Alto County (89,395)
Plymouth - Akron Public Library (61,590)
Plymouth - Kingsley Public Library (54,891)
Plymouth - LeMars Public Library (232,808)
Plymouth - Remsen Public Library (58,423)
Pocahontas - Laurens Public Library (76,167)
Pocahontas - Pocahontas Public Library (95,650)
Pocahontas - Rolfe Public Library (41,974)
Polk - Children and Families of Iowa (3,938)
Polk - Johnston Public Library (29,599)
Pottawattamie - Avoca (13,543)
Pottawattamie - Botna Valley Genealogy Society (6,821)
Pottawattamie - Walnut Public Library (50,370)
Ringgold - Tingley Vindicator (16,223)
Sac - Odebolt Public Library and Museum (133,771)
Scott - Catholic Messenger (77,175)
Scott - Scott County Library (131,851)
Sioux - Libraries of Sioux County (631,639)
Story - Ames Public Library (607,466)
Story - Bertha Bartlett Public Library (66,145)
Story - Nevada Iowa Archive (198,573)
Tama - Tama County (21,537)
Taylor - Lenox Public Library (44,665)
Wapello - Eddyville Public Library (49,246)
Warren - Warren County Historical Society (49,629)
Washington - Kalona Public Library (70,373)
Washington - Washington County Library Association (805,594)
Wayne - Seymour Community Library (52,068)
Webster - Fort Dodge Public Library (188,906)
Winnebago - Lake Mills (44,107)
Winneshiek - Luther College (265,094)
Woodbury - Catholic Globe (27,183)
Woodbury - Morningside College (19,789)
Worth - Worth County Historical Society (8,426)
Wright - Clarion Public Library (98,806)
Wright - Eagle Grove Memorial Library (130,469)
Wright - Talbot Belmond Public Library (39,828) (in-library)

Kansas

Allen - Humboldt Public Library (51,852)
Anderson - Garnett Public Library (17,085)
Brown - Morrill Public Library (186,253)
Chase - Chase County Historical Society (4,632)
Coffey - Coffey County Library (42,540)
Cowley - Arkansas City Public Library (509,873)
Franklin - Ottawa University (25,223)
Geary - Dorothy Bramlage Public Library (488,928)
Gove - Grinnell-Angelus Heritage Center (24,600)
Harvey - Bethel College (28,030)
Harvey - Newton Public Library (196,351)
Logan - Oakley Public Library (70,714)
Lyon - Emporia Public Library (44,022)
Lyon - Lyon County Library (23,012)
Marion - Peabody Township Library (68,421)
Marshall - Waterville Public Library (48,590)
Montgomery - Independence Public Library (35,467)
Nemaha - Mary Cotton Public Library (107,692)
Nemaha - Seneca Free Library (75,947)
Osborne - Osborne Public Library (221,584)
Pawnee - Jordaan Memorial Library (7,868)
Pottawatomie - Wamego Public Library (123,896)
Rooks - Plainville Memorial Library (83,476)
Russell - Russell Public Library (7,608)
Sedgewick - Derby Public Library (27,610)
Stevens - Stevens County Library (71,635)

Kentucky

Adair - Adair County Library (39,034)
Clark - Clark County Public Library (33,554)
Clinton - Clinton County Public Library (15,144)
Green - Green County Public Library (85,498)
Johnson - Johnson County Library (47,552)
McCreary - McCreary County Public Library (60,774)
Meade - Meade County Public Library (100,813)
Metcalfe - Metcalfe Library (32,593)
Pulaski - Pulaski (140,763)
Russell - Russell County Public Library (99,307)
Scott - Scott County Public Library (85,532)
Wayne - Wayne County Public Library (113,203)

Louisiana

Acadia - Acadia Parish Library (546,350)
Bienville - Bienville Parish Public Library (59,327)
Caldwell - Caldwell Parish Library (7,018)
Concordia - Concordia Parish Public Library (159,076)
East Baton Rouge - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (19,095)
Jefferson Davis - Jennings Carnegie (34,615)
Lafayette - Lafayette Public Library (86,945)
LaSalle - LaSalle Parish Library (90,164)
Rapides - Rapides Parish Library (310,692)
Union - Union Parish Library (52,164)
Vermilion - Vermilion Yearbooks (22,568)
Vermillion - Vermilion Parish Library (330,407)
Vernon - Vernon Parish Library (227,730)
Webster - Webster Parish Library (233,816)

Maine

Aroostook - Caribou Public Library (2,776)
Aroostook - Fort Fairfield Public Library (55,347)
Aroostook - Houlton High School Yearbooks (9,711)
Aroostook - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library (40,139)
Aroostook - Walter TA Hansen Memorial Library (8,247)
Cumberland - Bridgton Public Library (86,279)
Cumberland - Scarborough Public Library (73,658)
Kennebec - Gardiner Public Library (24,987)
Lincoln - Skidompha Library (11,045)
Lincoln - Skidompha Public Library (2,177) (in-library)
Penobscot - Old Town Public Library (116,890)
Piscataquis - Thompson Free Library (31,007)
Somerset - Pittsfield Public Library (47,724)
Waldo - Alice L. Pendleton Library (7,840)
Waldo - Belfast Free Library (7,881)
York - McArthur Public Library (32,628)
York - Springvale Public Library and Goodall Memorial Library (54,815)

Manitoba

Westman Region - Brandon Sun (4,980)

Maryland

Montgomery - Montgomery County Public Libraries (1,148)
Queen Anne's - Queen Anne's County Library (187,824)
Worcester - Worcester County Library (135,701)

Massachusetts

Berkshire - Lee Public Library (23,255)
Beverly - Beverly Public Library (21,396)
Bristol - Ames Free Library of Easton (1,404) (in-library)
Bristol - Somerset Public Library (14,155) (in-library)
Essex - Amesbury Public Library (171,399)
Essex - Boxford (40,942)
Essex - Flint Public Library (34,698)
Essex - Marblehead Public Library (237,281) (in-library)
Essex - Newburyport Public Library (223,661)
Essex - Topsfield Library (34,698)
Franklin - Montague Public Libraries (18,246)
Franklin - Wheeler Memorial Library (25,506)
Hampden - Wilbraham Public Library (26,639)
Middlesex - Hudson Public Library (50,001)
Middlesex - J V Fletcher Library (1,241)
Middlesex - Lincoln Public Library (6,714)
Middlesex - Stoneham Public Library (123,985)
Middlesex - Tewksbury Public Library (15,301)
Norfolk - Holbrook Public Library (26,211)
Norfolk - Morrill Memorial Library (6,656)
Norfolk - Sharon Public Library (117,131)
Norfolk - Turner Free Library (39,985)
Plymouth - East Bridgewater (8,462)
Plymouth - Scituate Town Library (62,472)
Suffolk - Revere Public Library (54,431)
Worcester - Leominster Public Library (57,085)
Worcester - Oxford Public Library (827)
Worcester - Stevens Memorial Library (2,545)

Michigan

Alger - Munising School Public Library (87,109) (in-library)
Bay - Delta College Collegiate (6,493)
Berrien - Bridgman Public Library (1,535)
Genesee - Kettering University Library (5,944)
Gratiot - Alma College (4,753)
Newaygo - White Cloud Community Library (11,411)
Oceana - Shelby Area District Library (52,263)

Minnesota

Goodhue - Redwing (18,095)
Martin - Martin County Public Library (13,293)

Mississippi

Coahoma - Carnegie Public Library (222,408)
Wayne - Waynesboro Wayne County Library System (140,131) (in-library)

Missouri

Grundy - Grundy County Jewett Norris Library (370,059)
Livingston - Livingston (50,180)
Putnam - Putnam County Public Library (148,730)

Montana

Gallatin - Bozeman High School (7,880)
Hill - Havre Hill County Library (341,118)
Hill - Havre Hill Obituaries (13,121)
Yellowstone - Billings Public Library (144,474)

Nebraska

Antelope - Neligh Public Library (76,858)
Boone - Albion Public Library (78,540)
Brown - Ainsworth Public Library (27,727)
Brown - Ainsworth Public Library (103,200) (in-library)
Burt - Lyons Public Library (70,700)
Burt - Oakland Public Library (82,157)
Cass - Cass County Nebraska (24,000)
Cedar - Lied Randolph Public Library (57,195) (in-library)
Cheyenne - Dalton Delegate (2,769)
Cheyenne - Sidney Public Library (219,488)
Dixon - Dixon County Nebraska (51,555)
Dixon - Ponca Carnegie Library (80,520)
Dodge - North Bend Public Library (71,345)
Dodge - Scribner Public Library (66,830)
Douglas - The Reader (16,739)
Fillmore - Fillmore County Public Library (193,070)
Furnas - Arapahoe (96,190) (in-library)
Furnas - Arapahoe Public Library (83,435)
Furnas - Butler Memorial Library (66,904)
Gage - Hometown Adams (26,127)
Greeley - Scotia Public Library and Heritage Center (40,091)
Holt - Atkinson Library (63,035)
Howard - Saint Paul Library (111,757)
Knox - Creighton Public Library (65,509)
Knox - Verdigre Public library (48,127)
Lincoln - North Platte Genealogical Society (182,174)
Merrick - Central City Public Library (38,924)
Nuckolls - Nelson Public Library (7,034)
Otoe - Otoe County Archives (157,230)
Pawnee - Pawnee City Library (90,208) (in-library)
Perkins - Hastings Memorial Library (80,306)
Pierce - Lied Pierce Public Library (88,237)
Pierce - Plainview News (70,730)
Platte - Humphrey Library (44,321)
Polk - Polk County Historical Society (197,005)
Saline - Crete Heritage Society (139,282)
Seward - Seward Memorial Library (264,077)
Stanton - Stanton Public Library (54,520)
Valley - North Loup Public Library (18,132)

Nevada

Douglas - Douglas County Public Library (178,692)

New Hampshire

Grafton - Bethlehem Public Library (4,644)
Hillsborough - Fuller Public Library (69,679)
Hillsborough - Peterborough Town Library (30,805)
Hillsborough - Wadleigh Memorial Library (127,494)
Hillsborough - Nashua Public Library (220,887)
Rockingham - Derry Public Library (174,766)
Rockingham - Kelley Library (19,649)
Rockingham - Plaistow Public Library (47)
Rockingham - The Nesmith Library (68,856)
Strafford - Dover Public Library (30,948)
Strafford - Farmington News of Farmington New Hampshire (28,374)
Strafford - Lee Public Library (16,537)
Sullivan - Fiske Free Library (5,860)
Sullivan - Richards Free Library (125,710)

New Jersey

Camden - Cherry Hills Public Library (58,614)

New York

Albany - Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany (78,464)
Broome - George Johnson Memorial Library (147,679)
Broome - Lisle Free Library (21,894)
Broome - Mary L. Wilcox Memorial Library (39,072)
Cattaraugus - Allegany Public Library (29,793)
Cattaraugus - Saint Bonaventure University - Friedsam Memorial Library (43,270)
Cayuga - The Seymour Public Library (129,697)
Chenango - Afton Free Library (23,480)
Chenango - Bainbridge (NY) Historical Society (20,236)
Chenango - Guernsey Memorial Library (177,576)
Columbia - Roeliff Jansen Community Library (62,413)
Delaware - Sidney Memorial Library (107,451)
Greene - Catskill (249,144) (in-library)
Jefferson - Roswell P Flower Memorial Library (3,518)
Madison - Cazenovia Public Library (134,077)
Madison - Oneida Public Library (6,084)
Nassau - Glen Cove Public Library (3,063)
Nassau - Hewlett Woodmere Public Library (180,456)
Nassau - Long Beach Public Library (14,245)
Nassau - Massepequa Public Library (34,488)
Onondoga - Fayetteville Free Library (98,610)
Onondoga - Marcellus Free Library (9,577)
Orange - Albert Wisner Public Library (162,702)
Orange - Josephine - Louise Public Library (32,546)
Otsego - The Village Library of Morris (12,536)
Rensselaer - Troy Public Library (46,117)
Rockland - Nyack Library (798)
Steuben - Addison Public Library (8,016)
Steuben - Hornell Public Library (32,195)
Suffolk - Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society (2,847)
Suffolk - Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society (2,847)
Sullivan - The Liberty Public Library (31,023)
Tompkins - Southworth Library (64,676)
Tompkins - Trumansburg Public Library (5,956) (in-library)
Tompkins - Ulysses Philomathic Library (42,242)
Ulster - Saugerties Public Library (84,008)
Ulster - Woodstock Public Library (21,216)
Wayne - Clyde-Savannah Public Library (37,986)
Wayne - Sodus Community Library (53,600)
Wayne - Williamson Public Library (50,899)
Westchester - Chappaqua Public Library (94,319)
Westchester - Katonah Village Library (10,117)
Westchester - North Castle Public Library (26,797)
Westchester - Port Chester - Rye Brook Public Library (16,568)
Wyoming - Perry Public Library (59,738)
Wyoming - Pioneer Library System (276,145)
Wyoming - Stevens Memorial Library & The Attica Historical Society (35,531)

North Carolina

Dare - Dare County Library (149,984)
Dare - Dare County Library (152,967)
Dare - Dare County Library (1,555)
Nash - Braswell Memorial Library (20,600)
Robeson - Mary Livermore Library (25,677)

North Dakota

Divide - Divide County Library (157,845)
Morton - Flasher (10,381)
North Dakota - North Dakota Archives (27,018)
Traill - Hillsboro (16,637)

Ohio

Brown - Union Township Public Library (85,337)
Champaign - Champaign County Library (516,117)
Columbiana - Carnegie Public Library (35,912)
Columbiana - Lepper Public Library (212,478)
Erie - Huron Public Library (62,570)
Franklin - Southwest Public Libraries (63,441)
Franklin - Westland Area Library (34,101)
Fulton - Archbold Community Library (38,147)
Fulton - Swanton Public Library (59,997)
Gallia - Bossard Memorial Library (412,040)
Hancock - Findlay-Hancock County Public Library (93,783)
Hardin - Ada Public Library (104,338)
Hardin - Forest Jackson Public Library (1,325)
Holmes - Holmes County District Public Library (21,978)
Huron - Bellevue Public Library (280,856)
Huron - Huron County Community Library (231,936)
Lawrence - Briggs Lawrence County Public Library (10,683)
Licking - Mary Babcock Library (70,013)
Lorain - Avon Lake Public Library (1,841)
Mercer - Coldwater Public Library (83,989)
Mercer - Fort Recovery Public Library (18,807)
Ottawa - Oak Harbor Public Library (65,385)
Paulding - Paulding County Carnegie Library (257,416)
Preble - Brown Memorial Library (37,532)
Richland - Marvin Memorial Library (214,351)
Seneca - Seneca East Public Library (46,215)
Stark - Stark County District Library (227,420)
Trumbull - McKinley Memorial Library (366,077)
Wayne - Wayne County Public Library (107,140)
Wood - Rossford Public Library (36,663)
Wood - Way Public Library (116,800)
Wood - Wayne Public Library (87,246)
Wood - Weston Public Library (32,766)
Wood - Wood County District Public Library (112,439)
Wyandot - Dorcas Carey Public Library (112,116)

Oklahoma

Bryan - Donald W Reynolds Community Center & Library (254,357)
Kingfisher - Hennessey Public Library (73,564)
Texas - Guymon Public Library (332,063)

Oregon

Coos - Flora M Laird Memorial Library (56,068)
Umatilla - The Weston Public Library (12,290)
Wallowa - Enterprise City (41,358)
Wallowa - Wallowa History Center (15,795) (in-library)

Pennsylvania

Allegheny - Oakmont Carnegie Library (19,057)
Chester - Spoke Newspaper (5,504)
Franklin - Alexander Hamilton Memorial (462,792)

Rhode Island

Bristol - Bristol Phoenix (128,533)
Kent - East Greenwich Free Library (76,375)
Kent - East Greenwich Post 2000 Newspapers (15,096) (in-library)
Kent - Warwick Public Library (136,166) (in-library)
Kent - West Warwick Public Library (9,424)
Newport - Jamestown Philomenian Library (14,708)
Providence - Cranston Public Library (53,005)
Providence - Greenville Public Library (116,071) (in-library)
Providence - Pawtucket Public Library (27,930)
Washington - Island Free Library (24,536)
Washington - Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (3,281)
Washington - North Kingstown Library (139,246)

South Dakota

Union - Beresford Public Library (82,885) (in-library)
Union - Beresford Public Library (63,694)

Tennessee

Hamilton - Chattanooga Newspapers (30,552)

Texas

Andrews - Andrews County Library (117,765)
Austin - Bellville Public Library (96,266)
Bee - Joe Barnhart Bee County Library (184,201)
Bell - Killeen (612,350) (in-library)
Blanco - Blanco County North and South Library Districts (24,346)
Cameron - Harlingen Public Library (342,880)
Camp - Pittsburg-Camp County Public Library (55,299)
Chambers - Chambers County Library System (46,082)
Colorado - Nesbitt Memorial Library (134,534)
Comal - New Braunfels Public Library (46,758)
Crane - Crane County Public Library (20,534)
Dallam - XIT Museum (300,961)
Frio - Dilley Public Library (32,242)
Galveston - Friendswood Public Library (42,719)
Grayson - Denison Public Library (38,748)
Hays - San Marcos Public Library (280,705)
Hidalgo - Speer Memorial Library (49,139)
Hood - Hood County Public Library (213,869)
Hunt - Commerce Public Library (181,424)
Karnes - Karnes City Public Library (25,973)
Karnes - Kenedy Public Library (58,879)
Mitchell - Mitchell County Library (96,263)
Oldham - Oldham County Public Library (14,573)
Pecos - Fort Stockton Public Library (18,089)
Pecos - Iraan Public Library (12,177)
Reeves - Reeves County Library (3,897)
Scurry - Scurry County Library (15,425)
Swisher - Swisher County Public Library (60,906)
Tarrant - John Ed Keeter Public Library (9,327)
Tom Green - Tom Green County Library (34,734)
Trinity - Blanche K. Werner Library (31,483)
Victoria - Victoria College Library (948,481)
Victoria - Victoria Public Library (4,821)
Wichita - Burkburnett Public Library (48,158)
Wichita - Electra Public Library (58,373)
Wichita - Wichita Falls Public Library (839,028) (in-library)
Williamson - Eula Hunt Beck Florence Public Library (2,271)
Wood - Gilbreath Memorial Library (87,097)

Vermont

Chittenden - Charlotte News (20,565)
Franklin - Arvin A Brown Public Library (19,184)
Lamoille - Stowe Free Library (28,860)
Rutland - Sherburne Memorial Library (1,400)

Virginia

Frederick - Handley Regional Library (6,385)
Frederick - Wayside Theater (2,217)

West Virginia

Mercer - Princeton Public Library (2,206)
Mineral - Potomac State College Mary Shipper Library (338,560)
Ohio - Ohio County Public Library (274,661)

Wisconsin

Barron - Rice Lake Public Library (18,593)
Chippewa - Chippewa Falls Public Library (47,197)
Columbia - Kilbourn Public Library (137,117)
Dunn - Menomonie Public Library (34,536)
Forest - Crandon Public Library (21,063)
Jefferson - Irvin L Young Memorial Library (200,665)
Juneau - Elroy Public Library (123,291)

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272 Free Mid-Atlantic States Online Historical Newspaper Titles Added

3/16/2019

272 new and updated Free Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid-Atlantic States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in March, 2019, and represent additions from the past 4 months. For all 8 states, the total number of links is 4,865. Just click on your chosen state below and the links to newspaper titles from that state will appear.

I hope these new links help you find more newspaper articles about your ancestors!

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FamilySearch New and Updated Collections - March 1-15, 2019

3/15/2019

Source: familysearch.org

FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.

For the period of March 1-15, 2019, the added/updated collections are:

For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list

I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

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The Ancestor Hunt Hits 30,000 Free Online Historical Newspaper Links!

3/14/2019

The Ancestor Hunt was "born" in the spring of 2012. The first newspaper related blog post was "Use Newspaper Articles to Give Your Website Color", published in May, 2012.

The very first set of links to free online historical newspapers was published in 2014, so we've been updating that list for about 5 years. The initial list of links to U.S. newspapers, presented by state, had about 10,000 links. It has been updated 2 or 3 times a year since then.

The first update of 2019 pushed our total number of links to over 30,000!

To Access all of the links go to the Newspaper Links menu item at the top of every website page

In case you're interested, the 10 states or provinces that have the largest number of links (in order) are: New York, Iowa, Texas, Quebec, Ohio, Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.

Now the link collection has added newspapers from Canada as well as a set of 19 special collections, based on ethnicity, language, religion, and other categories, such as farming, labor, alternative press, student newspapers and a few others.

The newspaper focus of this website doesn't just have links. There are 13 individual newspaper research lessons, about 3 dozen Quick Tips, and over 55 Informational Articles About the Whys and Hows of Newspaper Research.

To Access all of the informational articles, tips, and lessons regarding newspaper research, go to the Newspapers menu item at the top of every website page

A few years ago I branched out a bit and added 45 educational videos regarding newspaper research. They can be found on my YouTube Channel.

And further branching out produced the Genealogy and Newspapers Facebook Group, a Flipboard entitled Boost Your Genealogy Research With Newspapers, and unfortunately a defunct Google Plus community.

(Self) Congratulations to the Ancestor Hunt and IMNSHO a stellar achievement of 30,000 free historical links! Let's hope the newspaper digitizing gods smile on us so we can get to 40,000 free links real soon.

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145 Free New England States Online Historical Newspaper Titles Added

3/12/2019

145 new and updated Free Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the New England States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in March, 2019, and represent additions from the past 4 months. The new total is 1,418 titles for all 6 states. Just click on your chosen state below and the links to newspaper titles from that state will appear.

I hope these new links help you find more newspaper articles about your ancestors!

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310 Free Online Historical Photo Archives from Canada

3/9/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

Old photos are important to a complete research, whether they are portraits of your ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

During February and March, 2019 I have been adding and updating the links to online photo collections that are available to search for free. There are a total of over 310 online photo collection links that I have found for Canada. I will update these lists again in approximately six months.

Here is the list of links to these free online collections for each province (and the territories):

For articles about historic photos and photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Manitoba Online Historical Photos Research

3/9/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of Manitoba, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Manitoba Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

Brandon Photo Archives
Canada BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Canada Science and Technology Museum Picturing the Past
Canadian Letters and Images Project
City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph Collection
History Manitoba
Images of Canada
Ingenium Canada Digital Photo Archives
Manitoba Archival Information Network
Manitoba Flickr Photos
Manitoba Historical Photographs
Manitoba Historical Society Photographs
Manitoba Memories
The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network
University of Manitoba Archives Image Collection
Unwritten Histories
Winnipeg In Focus
Winnipeg Past Forward Postcard Collections
Winnipeg Yesteryear
UK - Canada Photo Collection

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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Canadian Territories Online Historical Photos Research

3/9/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the Territories, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the territories.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Territories' Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

Nationwide

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Yukon

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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Quebec Online Historical Photos Research

3/8/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of Quebec, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Quebec Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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British Columbia Online Historical Photos Research

3/8/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of British Columbia, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

British Columbia Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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Prince Edward Island Online Historical Photos Research

3/7/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of Prince Edward Island, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Prince Edward Island Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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Newfoundland and Labrador Online Historical Photos Research

3/6/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Newfoundland and Labrador Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives
Canada BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Canada Science and Technology Museum Picturing the Past
Canadian Letters and Images Project
Grand Banks Photos
Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador
Historic Newfoundland Photos
Images Newfoundland
Images of Canada
Ingenium Canada Digital Photo Archives
Lost Newfoundland
Maritime History Archive
McCord Museum Labrador Collection
Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Photos
Newfoundland Pictorial
St. Anthony Historic Photos
St. Johns Historic and Old Images
The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network
UK - Canada Photo Collection
Unwritten Histories
Vintage St. Johns

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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Alberta Online Historical Photos Research

3/6/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of Alberta, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Alberta Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

Alberta Folklore Photo Collection
Alberta On Record
Alberta Prairie Towns Photos
Athabasca Historical Photos
Calgary Images
Canada BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Canada Science and Technology Museum Picturing the Past
Canadian Letters and Images Project
City of Edmonton Photograph Collections
Glenbow Museum Archives Photos
Images of Canada
Ingenium Canada Digital Photo Archives
Magee Photographs Collection
Medicine Hat Historical Photos
Prairie Postcards Collection
Provincial Archives of Alberta Flickr Photos
Provincial Archives of Alberta Photo Collection
South Peace Archives Soldiers Memorial Photo Archives
The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network
UK - Canada Photo Collection
University of Calgary Photo Archives
University of Lethbridge Digital Collections
Unwritten Histories
Vintage Alberta

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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Thank you for visiting The Ancestor Hunt!

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Saskatchewan Online Historical Photos Research

3/6/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of Saskatchewan, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Saskatchewan Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

Canada BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Canadian Letters and Images Project
Canada Science and Technology Museum Picturing the Past
Early Regina Photographs
Historical Photographs of Saskatoon
History Saskatchewan Photos
Images of Canada
Ingenium Canada Digital Photo Archives
Lemberg Photos
Moose Jaw Historic Photos
Prince Albert Historic Photos
Prince Albert Historical Society
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan Photographs
Sask History Online Photos
Saskatchewan Historic Photos
Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society Photos
Saskatchewan Archival Information Network
Saskatchewan Prairie Towns Photos
Saskatoon Through the Ages
South Saskatchewan Photo Museum
The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network
UK - Canada Photo Collection
University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection
Unwritten Histories
Uranium City Photographs
Vintage Regina Photos

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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2,280 Obituary and Obituary Index Links from the U.S.

3/5/2019

One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family. This family name information is often not found anywhere else.

During February, 2019 I have been updating the links to online obituary and obituary index collections that are available to search for free. There are a total of 2,280 online database links that I have found for the U.S. Of these, over 700 have been added since the previous update.

Here are alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information, listed by the link to each state's list of free links. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

440 Free Obituary and Obituary Index Links for the Western States

3/5/2019

One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family. This family name information is often not found anywhere else.

Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes often provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping is even provided.

So not only can we search old newspapers for these gems, we can get transcriptions and get directed to the location of the obituaries from these indexes.

Here are alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information, listed by the link to each state's list of free links. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.

(Updated March, 2019; Number of databases and new updates are denoted)

Alaska Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (28 total, 6 new)
Arizona Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (29 total, 8 new)
California Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (68 total, 6 new)
Colorado Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (39 total, 9 new)
Hawaii Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (20 total, 2 new)
Idaho Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (36 total, 13 new)
Montana Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (25 total, 4 new)
Nevada Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (22 total, 3 new)
New Mexico Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (33 total, 6 new)
Oregon Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (38 total, 8 new)
Utah Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (26 total, 8 new)
Washington Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (48 total, 6 new)
Wyoming Obituaries and Obituary Index Links (27 total, 3 new)

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Nova Scotia Online Historical Photos Research

3/5/2019

An old proverb states that "the eyes are the windows into the soul." A genealogy corollary is that "a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors."

I love old photos, whether they are portraits of my ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it is important to a complete research that one attempts to understand the environment that surrounds our ancestors' lives if one wants to truly appreciate what they went through.

So where can they be found? Obviously the best resource is our own photo albums and those that our relatives possess. But what about other resources? Many archives, historical societies, libraries and genealogical societies have collections of old photos. And in the past few years there has been a massive movement towards making these historical photo collections available online. Some have search capabilities where you can actually put in a surname or a location, name of a building or historical event and find what is available.

For the province of Nova Scotia, what collections are available for you to browse and/or search online? Here is a list of sites to start with. Please feel free to add in the comments other online resources that you might be aware of in the province.

Please be aware that there may be very strict rules regarding downloading or other use of the images that you may find. Copyright and other legal protections may be in force. Make sure that you read the limitations of use for any image that you find in these collections and wish to download and/or copy. It is your responsibility to adhere to the rules for all of these collections.

Please note that links to these sites may change in the future. The author (me) will not be constantly checking and updating these links, so if you find a broken link, please use your favorite search engine to locate the new link.

Nova Scotia Sites for Historical Photos

This is just a sampling of some of the larger collections. By no means is this an exhaustive list. Almost every city and county library in the province, college and university library, as well as historical society has a photo collection. Many are not available online, yet many do have online access.

(Updated March, 2019)

1917 Photos of Halifax Explosion
Antigonish Heritage Photos
Beaton Institute
Canada BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Canada Science and Technology Museum Picturing the Past
Canadian Letters and Images Project
Cape Breton Old Photos and Memories
Dalhousie University Photographs
Halifax Municipal Archive Photos
Halifax Municipal Archives
Halifax Old Pics
Historic Halifax
Historical Nova Scotia
Images of Canada
Ingenium Canada Digital Photo Archives
MemoryNS
Nova Scotia Legislature Photo Galleries
Nova Scotia Photo Archives
Nova Scotia Virtual Archives - Photos
Old Black and White Pictures of Halifax
Old Halifax and Nova Scotia Pictures
Pictou Historical Photograph Society
Queens County Museum Photos and Postcards
The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network
UK - Canada Photo Collection
Unwritten Histories
Windsor Photo Galleries

For historic photos from other provinces as well as articles about photo research, please visit the Photos page.

Good luck and happy hunting!

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