FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.
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For the period of December 1- 31, 2017,  the added/updated collections are:​​​​

• ​Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983
• Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975
• Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996
• Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999
• Brazil, Paraíba, Civil Registration, 1879-2007
• Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014
• Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration, 1875-2014
• Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012
• Brazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1977
• Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957
• Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2014
• Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975
• Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974
• Denmark Census, 1911
• Denmark Census, 1916
• Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010
• England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887
• England, Hampshire Bishop's Transcripts 1680-1892
• England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980
• England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990
• England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992
• Find A Grave Index
• France, Finistère, Quimper et Léon Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1772-1894
• France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793
• France, Protestant church records, 1536-1897
• Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955
• Ghana Census, 1984
• Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008
• Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994
• Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940
• Italy, Benevento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1810-1942
• Italy, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1942
• Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865
• Italy, Rieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1840-1945
• Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940
• Italy, Viterbo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1870-1943
• Kansas State Census, 1915
• Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1905-1913, 1955-1963
• Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006
• Namibia, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1904-1984
• Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Public Records
• Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950
• New York State Census, 1905
• Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888-2005
• Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992
• Peru, Diocese of Huacho, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1952
• Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005
• Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998
• Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996
• Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1955
• Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937
• United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
  

​For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to 

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list
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I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

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

Here are the updated titles for December, 2017.  Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title's pages in the database. There are 29 in total from 10 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).







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Colorado

• Updated content for Bent County register. (Lamar, Colo.)
• Updated content for The Jewish outlook. (Denver, Colo.)
• Updated content for The Lamar register. (Lamar, Colo.)
• ​Updated content for The Denver Jewish news. (Denver, Colo.)

Iowa

• Updated content for Bloomington herald. (Bloomington, Iowa)
• Updated content for Council Bluffs bugle. (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa)
• Updated content for Demoine courier. (Ottumwa, Iowa)
• Updated content for Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa)
• Updated content for Iowa capitol reporter. (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Updated content for Muscatine journal. (Bloomington, Iowa)
• Updated content for Muscatine weekly journal. (Muscatine, Iowa)
• Updated content for The Weekly Ottumwa courier. (Ottumwa, Iowa)

Maryland

• Updated content for Democratic messenger. (Snow Hill, Md.)

Michigan

• Updated content for Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.)
• Updated content for The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.)
• Updated content for The Tribune independent of Michigan. (Detroit, Mich.)

Minnesota

• Updated content for Dakota tawaxitku kin, or, The Dakota friend. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.)
• Updated content for Uusi kotimaa. (New York Mills, Minn.)

Nebraska

• Updated content for Pokrok západu. (Omaha, Neb.)
• Updated content for Pokrok západu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.)
• Updated content for The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.])

Nevada

• Updated content for Elko independent. (Elko, Nev.)
• Updated content for Weekly independent. (Elko, Nev.)

North Dakota

• Updated content for The State-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.)

South Dakota

• Updated content for The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.)
• Updated content for The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.])

West Virginia

• Updated content for Sistersville daily review. (Sistersville, W. Va.)
• Updated content for Sistersville oil review. (Sistersville, W. Va.)
• Updated content for Wheeling register. (Wheeling, W. Va.)

Good luck and happy hunting!

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

Over 650 new and updated Free Historic Newspaper Links have been added to the Midwest States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in November and December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.

Illinois - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/illinois-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Indiana - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/indiana-online-historical-newspapers-summaryIndiana - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/indiana-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Iowa - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/iowa-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Kansas - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/kansas-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Michigan - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/michigan-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Minnesota - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/minnesota-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Missouri - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/missouri-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Nebraska - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/nebraska-online-historical-newspapers-summary

North Dakota - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/north-dakota-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Ohio - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/ohio-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Oklahoma - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/oklahoma-online-historical-newspapers-summery

South Dakota - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/south-dakota-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Wisconsin - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/wisconsin-online-historical-newspapers-summary


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

Over 850 new and updated Free Historic Newspaper Links have been added to the Southern States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.


Alabama - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/alabama-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Arkansas - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/arkansas-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Florida - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/florida-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Georgia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/georgia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Kentucky - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/kentucky-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Louisiana - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/louisiana-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Mississippi - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/mississippi-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Missouri - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/missouri-online-historical-newspapers-summary

North Carolina - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/north-carolina-online-historical-newspapers-summary

South Carolina - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/south-carolina-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Tennessee - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/tennessee-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Texas - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/texas-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

West Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/west-virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

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

​From the Digital Library of Georgia blog - In their December, 2017 Update - The Digital Library of Georgia and the Georgia Historic Newspapers site have added or updated several new titles.  They are:

• Daily Constitutionalist, 1851
• Augusta Evening Dispatch, 1858-1861
• Augusta Mirror, 1840
• Augusta Washingtonian, 1843-1845
• Bulletin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah (Augusta), 1920-1958
• Savannah Bulletin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah (Monroe), 1958
• Bulletin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah (Monroe), 1958-1960
• Columbian Centinel (Augusta), 1806-1809
• Constitutionalist and Republic (Augusta), 1851
• Daily Constitutionalist and Republic (Augusta), 1853-1854
• Flagpole (Athens), 1987-2012
• Georgia Gazette (Savannah), 1763
• Georgia Weekly Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1848-1850
• Monthly Herald (Augusta), 1838
• Walker County Messenger (Lafayette), 1880-1924

The DLG has also added several previously digitized newspaper titles to the GHN website, including:

• Red and Black (Athens), 1893-1993
• Grady County Progress (Cairo), 1910-1917
• Vienna Progress, 1893-1904

For more links to free online Georgia historical newspapers from this site and many others, please go to Georgia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

The Digital Library of Georgia has recently announced the addition of Roman Catholic newspapers to the new Georgia Historic Newspapers website. 

From the Digital Library:​

"The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the release of historic Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah newspapers to the Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive (GHN), part of the Digital Library of Georgia, based at the University of Georgia Libraries. The historic Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah publications include the Bulletin(1920-1962) and the Savannah Bulletin (1958).There are three URLs to reflect the title changes of the Diocese’s publications:

The bulletin (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957 
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1449731/

The Savannah bulletin. (Monroe, Ga.) 1958-1958
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1189480/
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Bulletin (Monroe, Ga.) 1958-1962
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1189460/


For the complete article, please click on  Roman Catholic Newspapers

To see the collection, click on https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/

Terrific News from the State of Georgia!


For access to other historic newspapers from the state that are currently available for free online, please check out Georgia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

The "Search Multiple Historic Newspaper Collections All At Once" website, elephind.com has just published an update, that includes many more items and issues from 3 updated collections:









​(from the Elephind Blog):

"To end this year with some variety, we have added three new different style collections to Elephind: 

• Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers: A historic newspaper collection from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State.
• The Stanford Daily Archive: The Stanford student newspaper dating from 1892 to recent years. 
• Hoji Shinbun (邦字新聞) Digital Collection - Japanese Diaspora Initiative: A Japanese/English historic newspaper collection of earlier publications published in the US and Canada."

For the complete newsletter article, click HERE

If you have never used  (or heard of) elephind, here are several articles that I have written about this wonderful site that will help you:

• Elephind - One to Watch 
• When is Fuzzy Search Too Fuzzy? Elephind Tells Us! 
• Elephind Updates Its List of Newspaper Titles (1/28/2014)
• Elephind is Growing - 2015 Update
• Elephind Update - September 15, 2016​
• Elephind Update - January, 2017
• Elephind Update - February, 2017
• Elephind Update - March, 2017
• ​Elephind Update - April, 2017
• ​Elephind Update - May, 2017
• Elephind Update - July, 2017
• ​Elephind Update - August, 2017
• ​Elephind Update - September, 2017

Check out the updates or if you have never tried elephind, check it out! The url is elephind.com.

Over 335 new and updated Free Historic Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid-Atlantic States' free newspaper link lists: These were all updated in December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.


New York - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/new-york-online-historical-newspapers-summary1

Pennsylvania - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/pennsylvania-online-historical-newspapers-summary

New Jersey - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/new-jersey-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Delaware - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/delaware-online-historical-newspapers-summary

West Virginia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/west-virginia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Maryland - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/maryland-online-historical-newspapers-summary

District of Columbia - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/district-of-columbia-online-historical-newspapers-summary

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

​About 100 new and updated Free Historic newspaper Links have been added to the New England States' free "newspaper link lists": These were all updated in December, 2017, and represent additions from the past 6 months.

Connecticut - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/connecticut-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Maine - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/maine-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Massachusetts - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/massachusetts-online-historical-newspapers-summary

New Hampshire - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/new-hampshire-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Rhode Island - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/rhode-island-online-historical-newspapers-summary

Vermont - http://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/vermont-online-historical-newspapers-summary

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

FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.
​
For the period of December 1- 15, 2017,  the added/updated collections are:​​​​

• Find A Grave Index
• Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983
• Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975
• Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996
• Brazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1977
• Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2014
• Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974
• Denmark Census, 1840
• Denmark Census, 1911
• Denmark Census, 1916
• Denmark Census, 1925
• England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887
• England, Hampshire Bishop's Transcripts 1680-1892
• England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980
• England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990
• England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992
• France, Finistère, Quimper et Léon Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1772-1894
• France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793
• Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955
• Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994
• Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940
• Italy, Benevento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1810-1942
• Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865
• Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006
• Namibia, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1904-1984
• Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005
• Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996
• Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1955
• Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937

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​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!