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4,105 Free Online Historical Photo Archives from the U.S.

12/31/2020

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 December, 2020 I have been adding and updating the links to online photo collections that are available to search for free. There are a total of 4,105 links to online photo archives that I have found for the U.S., with 600 of those links added since the previous update. I will update these lists in approximately six months.

Here is the list of links to these free online collections for each state:

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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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895 Free Western States Online Photo Archives Available

12/31/2020

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.

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.

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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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512 Free Online Hawaii Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/31/2020

Are you doing Hawaii genealogy research and looking for Free Online Hawaii Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired free collection links (512 links to Free Collections for Hawaii):

Obituaries - http://bit.ly/2rRJpDd
Newspapers - http://bit.ly/2C0HFPI
Yearbooks - http://bit.ly/2Mz2mTm
Birth, Marriage, and Death Info - http://bit.ly/2HFeGiU
Photos - http://bit.ly/2KDPej7
Divorce Records - https://bit.ly/3fyX0FD
Voter Lists - http://bit.ly/2YAUvdi
Coroner's Records - http://bit.ly/2H9iavq
Probate and Wills - http://bit.ly/37B0wwC
Church Records - https://bit.ly/2J5GMGh
Immigration Records - http://bit.ly/2SzTwJq
Naturalizations - http://bit.ly/2E0ZoVq
School Records - https://bit.ly/2JGyyVq
City Directories - https://bit.ly/3gDDY1o
Mortuary Records - https://bit.ly/2RVPJGy
Alumni Records - https://bit.ly/33rXYA6

By the way, you can always access these all the time on the By Location page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Hawaii Online Historical Photos Research

12/31/2020

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 state of Hawaii 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 state.

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.

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free Hawaii Links, click on the category of interest:

Newspapers
Obituaries
BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records

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Bi-Monthly Newsletter from The Ancestor Hunt - December 31, 2020

12/31/2020

Hello to The Ancestor Hunt readers! Here is the latest Bi-monthly Newsletter. It includes links to all of the articles published since the previous newsletter, as well as articles that I think you might find interesting from other authors. It also includes research tips, a joke or two, and other interesting genealogical stuff.

It is published on The Ancestor Hunt website and shared on The Ancestor Hunt Facebook Page, Twitter, Linked In, and Tumblr.

I hope that you find it useful. And Thank You for being a loyal reader and visitor.

The Ancestor Hunt Bi-Monthly Newsletter 12-31-2020
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FamilySearch New and Updated Collections - December 1-31, 2020

12/30/2020

Source: familysearch.org

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

For the period of December 1-31, 2020, 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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Ancestry New and Updated Collections - December 1-31, 2020

12/30/2020

Source: ancestry.com

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

For the period of December 1-31, 2020, the new/updated collections are:

1870 Norway Census (NEW)
1875 Norway Census (NEW)
Aberdeen City and Former Counties of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1832-1976 (UPDATED)
Albemarle County, Virginia Births, 1886-1889 (UPDATED)
Albemarle County, Virginia Births, 1890-1896 (UPDATED)
Anglesey, Wales, Electoral Registers, 1832-1977 (UPDATED)
Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Australia and New Zealand, Obituary Index, 2004-Current (UPDATED)
Belfort, Alsace, France, Censuses 1836-1911 (NEW)
Berkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1965 (UPDATED)
Brazil, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Cambridgeshire, England, Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books, 1722-1966 (UPDATED)
Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (UPDATED)
Canada, Obituary Collection, 1898-Current (UPDATED)
Caribbean, Obituary Index, 2003-2019 (UPDATED)
Cornell and Princeton University Directories, 1922 (UPDATED)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S., Jewish Marriage Record Extracts, 1837-1934 (UPDATED)
Edinburgh, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1832-1966 (UPDATED)
Fayette County, West Virginia, U.S., Births, 1888-1893 (UPDATED)
Fife, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1914-1966 (UPDATED)
Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (UPDATED)
Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (UPDATED)
Gove County, Kansas, U.S., Enumeration Books and List of Residents, 1909-1950 (NEW)
Herkimer and Otsego Counties, New York Directories, 1917 (UPDATED)
Hungary, Death Records collected by Rabbis in Various Counties, 1827-1940 (UPDATED)
Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Lithuania, Internal Passports, 1919-1940 (UPDATED)
Lithuania, Tax and Voters Lists, 1839-1949 (various years) (UPDATED)
Liverpool, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1970 (UPDATED)
Maine, U.S., Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-1836 (UPDATED)
Maine, U.S., Revolutionary War Land Grants, 1776-1780 (UPDATED)
Mexico, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Mississippi, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1912-1943 (NEW)
Monroe County, Iowa, U.S., Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2013 (NEW)
New York, U.S., Marriage Index, 1600-1784 (UPDATED)
North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953 (NEW)
North Dakota, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1872-2017 (UPDATED)
Norway, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
Ohio, U.S., Select County Death Records,1840-1908 (NEW)
Pembrokeshire, Wales, Electoral Registers, 1740-1978 (UPDATED)
Poweshiek County, Iowa, U.S., Probate, School, and Court Records, 1850-1954 (NEW)
Raleigh County, West Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1853-1875 (UPDATED)
Rhône, Census, 1836-1911 (NEW)
Shawano and Oconto Counties, Wisconsin, U.S., Indexes and Records, 1850-2007 (NEW)
South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1917 (NEW)
Southwest Louisiana, U.S., Deaths Index, 1861-1905 (UPDATED)
Sweden, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current (UPDATED)
The Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements, 1905-2007 (UPDATED)
Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Directory, 1916-1921 (UPDATED)
U.S, Boston Arrivals of Jewish Immigrants from HIAS Records, 1882-1929 (UPDATED)
U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current (UPDATED)
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (UPDATED)
U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 (UPDATED)
U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (UPDATED)
U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 (UPDATED)
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (UPDATED)
UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-2019 (UPDATED)
Utah, U.S., Select Marriages, 1887-1966 (UPDATED)
Veli Lošinj & Mali Lošinj, Croatia Deaths, 1822-1859 (UPDATED)
Vermont, U.S., Death Index, 1981-2001 (UPDATED)

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

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Have You Checked Out WhooWe? Fascinating New App for Saving Your Legacy

12/30/2020

For those of you who follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that I rarely if ever promote products. However, I do like to make you aware of new offerings that you might wish to explore.

Just recently, about a week ago, I was introduced to a new App called WhooWe. Rather than trying to explain it, I was so interested in it, that I interviewed the CEO, Dan Qualiano, and he can tell you all about it.

In my opinion, I would try out the Whoowe App. I am doing so, and doing a complete analysis. Since it’s free, you don’t have anything to lose, except maybe a little time. But the benefits appear to be very very good.

Here's the interview:

Hello, Dan. Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. Could you provide a short history of the Whoowe company and its mission?

Thank you for the opportunity to introduce the whoowe mobile app, Kenneth. In late 2014, My wife, Kimberly, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She was 10 years younger than I and seemingly the healthiest member of our family. She exercised regularly, ate well, and always tried to leave people better than she found them. She was a wonderful wife and mother to our two young children. Over the next two and a half years of getting the diagnosis, we did everything we could to defeat the disease; lifestyle & diet changes, conventional and holistic treatments, supplements, and anything else that could possibly be helpful. Unfortunately, in November of 2017, we lost the battle and Kim was gone. From that time on, I frequently thought about the fact that our grandchildren, who do not yet exist, would never get to truly know their grandmother. Her vibrant personality, sense of humor, and the many little mannerisms that made her so unique and special. Sure, I could show some photos and home videos one day but younger generations are not really interested in looking through photo albums and hours of videos anymore and still wouldn’t really “get to know” the person. We live in a snapshot world of technology now, scrolling quickly to what we want and getting instant gratification delivered at our fingertips. How could we get future generations to embrace their past? Knowing that the most intimate and accurate way to learn about someone is a face to face conversation, I set out to merge our past with modern technology: to create an engaging and interactive way to pass on our life story to our future. My solution is whoowe. Whoowe let’s you quickly and easily create an interactive database for friends, family, and future generations to learn about you by simply asking you questions and getting answers as if they were on a face to face video call with you. Think of how much more you can learn about your ancestors this way. As history is being erased and the wonderful people that made us who we are fade away, our world has become more disconnected with each other. This is a growing problem because knowing where we come from gives us an important foundation to build from. Especially now, amid Covid, families are losing loved ones more suddenly, and isolation is a growing problem. My mission is to positively impact families with a new way to connect to each other and pass on their family history, in an intimate and personal way, beyond anything currently available. I believe whoowe can do that.

There are a lot of websites and other applications that are emerging with the goal to capture life stories and publish them. Some in hard bound books, others audio and/or video style, etc. What prompted your approach?

Most traditional and emerging methods of documenting family history are still somewhat one dimensional, whether that be having a biography written about you, compiling a digital library of images, doing an audio or video interview, etc.. Many of these methods are laborious, time consuming and expensive so most people put them off and few actually get around to doing them. Whoowe provides a fast, fun and economical way to tell your story beyond any of these methods, in the palm of your hand. Using the app for even one minute here and there can quickly become an amazing real life record of yourself, documenting your life as it’s happening. Not a recollection. Whoowe gives you the ability to bring your story to life and gives your future loved ones an experience second only to meeting in person.

I have started capturing my life story as a test of your app and find it quite easy to use, although I admit that I don't like how I look in video, but that's OK (sounds like a personal problem!). Do you have any plans to enhance or make any changes to the user interface in the future?

LOL. Although some video editing may be added moving forward, the goal of whoowe is to pass on the real you to your loved ones, so we recommend being in a well lit environment when answering the questions. The better the lighting, the smoother the appearance. That may make you a bit more comfortable. Also, injecting your personality in your answers is important. Be a little creative and show who you really are. Your loved ones will appreciate it. As for additional enhancements, absolutely! We have over 2 years of updates and interesting features being planned out as we speak. Moving forward, we will implement deep learning so the app can learn about the types of questions you like to answer and the people, places, and things you tend to talk about. Whoowe will then begin to create custom questions specifically designed for you and your family only. The app will grow with you and help you build an amazing experience to pass on. Other features like memorium assignment, custom photo labeling, in app messaging and comment, direct linking to relevant photos, and much more are on the whiteboard. We want whoowe to be the go to app for creating and passing on your history.

One big question is, how do I ensure that my story will be maintained and available after my passing? Obviously, I won't be around to pay the annual charge.

Currently, if a whoowe account is abandoned but no official cancellation has been made, the account sits dormant in it’s encrypted server for one year from the subscription lapse date. We make several attempts to contact the owner through the email address or mobile number provided but if there is no response, the folder would eventually be purged. We are implementing a memorium option in the next release wherein you can designate an heir to the account as well as a multiyear subscription option. These options would be very economical and the data would be retrievable throughout the extended subscription plus 12 months past the expiration date.

Is there anything else that potential users/customers should know?

Whoowe is a freemium app on Google Play and the App Store, meaning you can download it for free to get started on both Apple and Android devices. You get all the current features to use with some limitations. We are also offering 20% off the premium subscription to kick off the new year. I look forward to any comments, questions, and concerns your readers may have as we are always interested in hearing what we can do to make this app better for everyone. Whoowe was designed to help families celebrate the wonderful people in our lives and pass on their essence as we knew them. Don’t wait until it’s too late to create a record of that special loved one. Do it while they are in good health. Now is the perfect time!

As I said at the outset, I don't normally promote products, but WhooWe is something you should check out and see if it helps you document your life story and legacy. I'm definitely going to give it a go!

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3,443 Free Online California Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/30/2020

Are you doing California genealogy research and looking for Free Online California Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired free collection links (3,443 links to Free Collections for California):

Obituaries - http://bit.ly/2s0eDIs
Newspapers - http://bit.ly/2GnFQd8
Yearbooks - http://bit.ly/2Yl5clB
Birth, Marriage, and Death Info - http://bit.ly/2HDxSxk
Photos - http://bit.ly/2KHUmmn
Divorce Records - https://bit.ly/3fyX0FD
Voter Lists - http://bit.ly/2YAUvdi
Coroner's Records - http://bit.ly/2H9iavq
Probate and Wills - http://bit.ly/2KLzsAK
Church Records - https://bit.ly/2WzHhjP
Immigration Records - http://bit.ly/2SzTwJq
Naturalizations - http://bit.ly/2QuNNFt
School Records - https://bit.ly/2WYDpJo
City Directories - https://bit.ly/2Dig0LC
Mortuary Records - https://bit.ly/2RVPJGy
Alumni Records - https://bit.ly/3lqhBPd

By the way, you can always access these all the time on the By Location page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Chronicling America Updates - December, 2020

12/30/2020

Source: Library of Congress

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, 2020. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title's pages in the database. There are 66 in total from 15 different states.

California

Updated content for Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.)

Colorado

Florida

Georgia

Updated content for Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.)

Maryland

Michigan

Nebraska

Nevada

North Carolina

Ohio

Rhode Island

South Dakota

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Updated content for The Kingwood chronicle. (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.])

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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Advantage Archives Adds 11 Million Pages in 2020

12/30/2020

I have been tracking the online historical newspaper collections from Advantage Archives (formerly called Advantage Preservation) since February, 2017, The list has grown a lot since then. Now there are over 725 collections - 75 of which are newly added this year.

Below is a list of all the collections that were new or updated during 2020. To see the most recent complete list, click on 80 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages Now Available from Advantage Archives. Please be aware that this list of 80 Million does not include the collections added or updated in the last 2 or 3 months.

In 2020, there were over 11 million pages added to 275 collections (of which 75 were brand new in 2020). These 275 collections represent about 38% of the entire set of Advantage Archives collections. They come from 45 states in the United States and one Canadian province.

New and Updated Collections in 2020

The list by state and county of the new collections and the updated online collections that had pages added in 2020 that are available to search for free is below.

Alaska

Wrangell-Petersburg - Petersburg Public Library

Arizona

Pinal - Casa Grande Public Library

Arkansas

Sebastian - Fort Smith Public Library

Colorado

San Juan County - San Juan County Historical Society

Connecticut

Fairfield - Weston Library
Litchfield - Beardsley & Memorial Library
Litchfield - Scoville Memorial Library
New Haven - James Blackstone Memorial Library

Delaware

New Castle - New Castle Public Library

Georgia

Colquitt - Moultrie Colquitt County Library System
Morgan - Azalea Regional Library System

Idaho

Bannock - Marshall Public Library
Cassia - Burley Public Library
Jerome - Jerome Public Library
Twin Falls - Twin Falls Newspapers

Illinois

Clark - Marshall Public Library
Cook - Bellwood Public Library
Cook - Forest Park Public Library
Cook - Midlothian Public Library
DeKalb - Hinckley Historical Society
Henry - Geneseo Public Library District
Henry - Kewanee Public Library District
Ogle - Polo Public Library
Rock Island - Moline Public Library
Stark - Toulon Public Library
Tazewell - Morton Public Library
Tazewell - Tazewell County Genealogical

Indiana

Adams - Berne Public Library
Knox - Knox County Public Library

Iowa

Allamakee - Postville Public Library
Appanoose - Centerville Iowegian
Benton - Belle Plaine Community Library
Benton - Vinton Public Library & the Benton County Historical Society
Black Hawk - La Porte City
Bremer - Sumner Public Library
Bremer - Waverly Public Library
Buchanan - Jesup Public Library
Buena Vista - Buena Vista University
Buena Vista - Newell Public Library
Buena Vista - Storm Lake Public Library
Calhoun - Pomeroy
Carroll - Coon Rapids Public Library
Cass - Cass County Genealogical Society
Cherokee - Cherokee Public Library
Chickasaw - New Hampton Public Library
Clarke - Oseola Public Library
Clayton - Guttenberg Public Library
Clayton - McGregor Historical Museum
Clayton - Monona Public Library
Clinton - Central Community Historical Society
Clinton - Clinton Public Library
Crawford - Norelius Community Library
Dallas - Perry Iowa
Delaware - Manchester Iowa Archive
Dubuque - Dyersville
Dubuque - The Witness
Emmet - Estherville Public Library
Emmet - Ringsted Public Library
Fayette - Maynard
Fayette - West Union Community Library
Greene - Jefferson Public Library
Guthrie - Mary Burnett Memorial Library
Hancock - Hancock County
Hardin - Ackley Public Library
Henry - Winfield Public Library
Ida - Ida Grove Public Library
Jasper - Monroe Public Library
Johnson - Oxford Public Library
Johnson - Solon Economist
Jones - Jones County Genealogical Society
Jones - Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library, Monticello
Kossuth - Algona Public Library
Linn - Cedar Rapids Public Library
Linn - Coe College
Louisa - Mellinger Public Library
Lucas - Chariton Public Library
Lyon - Rock Rapids Public Library
Madison - Winterset Public Library
Marion - Pella Public Library
Mills - Malvern Public Library
Mitchell - Osage Public Library
Monona - Mapleton Public Library
Monona - Onawa Public Library
Monroe - Monroe County Historical Society
O'Brien - Hartley Public Library
O'Brien - Sanborn Public Library
Osceola - Sibley Public Library
Page - Lied Public Library
Palo Alto - Graettinger Public Library
Palo Alto - Palo Alto County
Plymouth - LeMars Public Library
Plymouth - Remsen Public Library
Pocahontas - Laurens Public Library
Pocahontas - Pocahontas Public Library
Ringgold - Mount Ayr Preservation
Sac - Odebolt Public Library and Museum
Sac - Wall Lake
Sioux - Hawarden
Sioux - Libraries of Sioux County
Story - Ames Public Library
Story - Nevada Iowa Archive
Tama - Tama County
Wapello - Wapello
Washington - Washington County Library Association
Winnebago - Forest City Archive
Winnebago - Lake Mills
Winneshiek - Luther College
Wright - Clarion Public Library
Wright - Eagle Grove Memorial Library

Kansas

Anderson - Garnett Public Library
Brown - Morrill Public Library
Cowley - Arkansas City Public Library
Harvey - Newton Public Library
Lyon - Emporia Public Library
Marion - Peabody High School Yearbooks
Rooks - Plainville Memorial Library

Kentucky

Edmonson - Edmonson County Public Library
Johnson - Johnson County Library
McCreary - McCreary County Public Library

Louisiana

Acadia - Acadia Parish Library
Concordia - Concordia Parish Public Library
Jefferson Davis - Jennings Carnegie
Livingston - Livingston Parish News
Rapides - Rapides Parish Library
Union - Union Parish Library
Vermillion - Vermilion Parish Library
Vernon - Vernon Parish Library
Webster - Webster Parish Library

Maine

Aroostook - Fort Fairfield Public Library
Aroostook - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library
Cumberland - Bridgton Public Library
Cumberland - Curtis Memorial Library
Kennebec - Gardiner Public Library
Penobscot - Bangor Public Library
Penobscot - Old Town Public Library
Piscataquis - Thompson Free Library
York - McArthur Public Library
York - Springvale Public Library and Goodall Memorial Library

Manitoba

Westman Region - Brandon Sun

Maryland

Queen Anne's - Queen Anne's County Library

Massachusetts

Bristol - Fall River Public Library
Bristol - Mansfield Public Library
Essex - Amesbury Public Library
Essex - Beverly Public Library
Essex - Ipswich Public Library
Hampden - Westfield Athenaeum Library
Hampden - Wilbraham Public Library
Middlesex - Flint Memorial Library
Middlesex - Hudson Public Library
Middlesex - Stoneham Public Library
Norfolk - Brookline Public Library
Norfolk - Foxborough Historical Commission
Norfolk - Holbrook Public Library
Norfolk - Sharon Public Library
Worcester - Beals Memorial Library
Worcester - Haston Free Library
Worcester - Leominster Public Library
Worcester - Optical Heritage Museum

Michigan

Lenawee - State Line Observer
Newaygo - White Cloud Community Library
St. Joseph - Nottawa

Missouri

Grundy - Grundy County Jewett Norris Library

Montana

Yellowstone - Billings Public Library

Nebraska

Custer - Sargent Public
Dixon - Gardner Public Library
Douglas - Catholic Voice
Douglas - Jewish Federation of Omaha
Furnas - Butler Memorial Library
Hall - Hall County
Kimball - Kimball Public Library
Knox - Verdigre Public Library
Merrick - Central City Public Library
Otoe - Otoe County Archives
Platte - Humphrey Library
Polk - Polk County Historical Society
Scotts Bluff - Mitchell Public Library
Seward - Seward Memorial Library
Wheeler - Village of Bartley

Nevada

Douglas - Douglas County Public Library
White Pine - White Pine County Library

New Hampshire

Coos - Colebrook Public Library
Hillsborough - Peterborough Town Library
Hillsborough - Wadleigh Memorial Library
Rockingham - Derry Public Library
Rockingham - Kelley Library
Rockingham - Portsmouth Public Library
Strafford - Dover Public Library
Sullivan - Fiske Free Library

New Jersey

Camden - Audubon Free Public Library
Camden - Haddonfield Public Library
Hunterdon - Lambertville Free Library
Morris - Boonton Holmes Times-Bulletin
Morris - Randolph Township
Union - New Providence Memorial Library

New York

Broome - Mary L. Wilcox Memorial Library
Cayuga - Lock 52 Historical Society
Cayuga - The Seymour Public Library
Chenango - Guernsey Memorial Library
Chenango - Sherburne Public Library
Delaware - William B. Ogden Free Library
Greene - Catskill Public Library
Madison - Canastota Public Library
Madison - Cazenovia Public Library
Nassau - Hewlett Woodmere Public Library
Nassau - Port Washington
Onondoga - Fayetteville Free Library
Orange - Albert Wisner Public Library
Orange - Warwick Advertiser
Rensselaer - Troy Public Library
Suffolk - Lindenhurst Public Library
Wayne - Williamson Public Library
Westchester - Mount Pleasant Public Library
Wyoming - Perry Public Library

North Carolina

Haywood - Haywood County Public Library
Rowan - Rowan Public Library

North Dakota

Bottineau - Bottineau Public Library
Divide - Divide County Library
North Dakota - North Dakota Archives
Traill - Hillsboro

Ohio

Belmont - Bellaire
Brown - Union Township Public Library
Fulton - Bear Creek Valley History Center
Fulton - Fulton County Chapter O.G.S.
Gallia - Bossard Memorial Library
Hancock - Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
Jackson - Jackson City Library
Preble - Brown Memorial Library
Wayne - Wayne County Public Library
Wayne - Wayne County Public Library
Wood - Way Public Library
Wood - Wood County District Public Library
Wyandot - Dorcas Carey Public Library

Oklahoma

Bryan - Donald W Reynolds Community Center & Library

Oregon

Wallowa - Wallowa History Center

Pennsylvania

Chester - Spoke Newspaper
Lycoming - James V Brown Public Library

Rhode Island

Bristol - Bristol Phoenix
Newport - Jamestown Philomenian Library
Providence - Pawtucket Public Library
Washington - Island Free Library
Washington - North Kingstown Library

South Dakota

Clay - Vermillion Public Library

Texas

Andrews - Andrews County Library
Bee - Joe Barnhart Bee County Library
Cameron - Harlingen Public Library
Camp - Pittsburg-Camp County Public Library
Dallam - XIT Museum
Dallas - Seagoville Public Library
Frio - Dilley Public Library
Galveston - Friendswood Public Library
Hays - San Marcos Public Library
Hidalgo - Speer Memorial Library
Karnes - Kenedy Public Library
Live Oak - Live Oak County
Medina - Driscoll Public Library
Oldham - Oldham County Public Library
Pecos - Fort Stockton Public Library
Swisher - Swisher County Public Library
Tarrant - John Ed Keeter Public Library
Wichita - Electra Public Library
Williamson - Eula Hunt Beck Florence Public Library
Wood - Gilbreath Memorial Library

Vermont

Chittenden - Charlotte News
Lamoille - Stowe Free Library

Virginia

Amelia - James L. Hamner Public Library
Rappahannock - Essex Public Library
Russell - Russell County Library

Washington

Pend Oreille - Pend Oreille County Library District

West Virginia

Mineral - Potomac State College Mary Shipper Library
Ohio - Ohio County Public Library

Wisconsin

Jefferson - Irvin L Young Memorial Library

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

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California Online Historical Photos Research

12/30/2020

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 state of California, 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 state.

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.

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free California Links, click on the category of interest:

Newspapers
Obituaries
BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records

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Chronicling America Adds 302 New Titles in 2020

12/30/2020

Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historic newspapers, regularly updates their collection. At the end of 2020, there were almost 17,500,000 online pages available from over 3,300 titles.

In 2020, 302 titles were added and/or updated to the collection from 27 states and the District of Columbia.

Here are the newspaper titles added to Chronicling America in 2020: (Please note that some newspapers may be listed multiple times because they were updated more than once by the Library of Congress and have different date ranges for the same title).

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

California

Updated content for Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.)

Colorado

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Updated content for Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.)

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Updated content for Indiana daily times. (Indianapolis [Ind.])

Iowa

Maine

Maryland

Michigan

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

North Carolina

Ohio

Updated content for The Journal. (Caldwell, Ohio)
Updated content for The potters herald. (East Liverpool, Ohio)
Updated content for Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio)
Updated content for The Dayton forum. (Dayton, Ohio)
Updated content for Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio)
Updated content for The daily bulletin. (Dayton, Ohio)
Updated content for The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio)
Updated content for Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio)
Updated content for The American issue. (Westerville, Ohio)
Updated content for The Geauga Republican-record. (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio)
Updated content for Geauga record. (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio)
Updated content for The Bluffton news. (Bluffton, Ohio)
Updated content for East Cleveland leader. (East Cleveland, Ohio
Updated content for Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio])
Updated content for Toledo union journal. (Toledo, Ohio)
Updated content for The Union County journal. (Marysville, Ohio)

South Dakota

Texas

Utah

Updated content for The broad ax. (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Updated content for Danskeren. (Neenah, Wis.)

Wyoming

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

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341 Free Online Nevada Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/29/2020

Are you doing Nevada genealogy research and looking for Free Online Nevada Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired free collection links (341 links to Free Collections for Nevada):

Obituaries - http://bit.ly/2IzzloM
Newspapers - http://bit.ly/2GMcAhd
Yearbooks - http://bit.ly/2Mz2mTm
Birth, Marriage, and Death Info - http://bit.ly/2HtOU4i
Photos - http://bit.ly/2MEASLY
Divorce Records - https://bit.ly/3fyX0FD
Voter Lists - http://bit.ly/2YAUvdi
Coroner's Records - http://bit.ly/2H9iavq
Probate and Wills - http://bit.ly/2M1RrTo
Church Records - https://bit.ly/2WAtdq4
Immigration Records - http://bit.ly/2SzTwJq
Naturalizations - http://bit.ly/36rBP4j
School Records - https://bit.ly/2R8JdMr
City Directories - https://bit.ly/3hFggmI
Mortuary Records - https://bit.ly/2RVPJGy
Alumni Records - https://bit.ly/3o8an4a

By the way, you can always access these all the time on the By Location page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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574 Free Online Alaska Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/29/2020

Are you doing Alaska genealogy research and looking for Free Online Alaska Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired free collection links (574 links to Free Collections for Alaska):

Obituaries - http://bit.ly/2IPIr4h
Newspapers - http://bit.ly/2IaJSGj
Yearbooks - http://bit.ly/2Mz2mTm
Birth, Marriage, and Death Info - http://bit.ly/2HYdGtw
Photos - http://bit.ly/2KHXA9i
Divorce Records - https://bit.ly/3fyX0FD
Voter Lists - http://bit.ly/2YAUvdi
Coroner's Records - http://bit.ly/2H9iavq
Probate and Wills - http://bit.ly/2DcQl3f
Church Records - https://bit.ly/2wpphxS
Immigration Records - http://bit.ly/2SzTwJq
Naturalizations - http://bit.ly/36vusc6
School Records - https://bit.ly/3bQOmAY
City Directories - https://bit.ly/3b8Sz3V
Mortuary Records - https://bit.ly/2RVPJGy
Alumni Records - https://bit.ly/3mZdnPB

By the way, you can always access these all the time on the By Location page.

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Alaska Online Historical Photos Research

12/29/2020

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 state of Alaska 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 state.

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.

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free Alaska Links, click on the category of interest:

Newspapers
Obituaries
BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records

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Historical Japanese American Newspapers Online

12/29/2020

The Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection through Stanford University's Hoover Institution Library & Archives and the Japanese Diaspora Initiative (JDI) is "currently the world’s largest online archive of open-access, full‑image Japanese American and other overseas Japanese newspapers. Most publications present a mix of content in Japanese and English, with formats and the proportionality of Japanese/English often changing as a reflection of shifting business and social circumstances."

There are over 85 free titles of Japanese American newspapers available for online searching. There are a few that require a login to the Stanford University network. These are not included in the list below.

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

You can access this remarkable collection at: Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection

Also included are two titles from The University of Washington's Nikkei Newspapers Digital Archive

Here are the titles by state:

California

Colorado

Hawaii

Illinois

Shikago Shinpō / シカゴ新報 [The Chicago Shimpo], (Chicago, IL)

New York

Washington

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Historical Japanese Internment Camp Newspapers Online

12/29/2020

When I was an undergraduate at Cal Berkeley in 1966, I had a good friend who was born in one of the Japanese internment camps that were established in the United States during World War 2. She never spoke of it much (at least to me); and since I believe she was born in 1945, she probably didn't remember much of anything personally. Of course, her parents experienced the hardship the most, and I do not know if it was discussed much in her family. I didn't think about it much then, but I recognized later and now that it certainly was one of the major disgraces in America's history, especially since the great majority of those imprisoned were American citizens.

If you are interested, the National Archives has quite a bit of information in a web page entitled Japanese Relocation and Internment During World War II. There also is an abundance of online and other resources if you happen to have ancestors or relatives who were imprisoned or were employed at the camps. Another great source is the Densho Digital Archive. It has the newspapers online, a large variety of documents and photos, and life stories and many family collections are available. This site is a gold mine.

If you are a frequent reader of this website, you know that its main focus is historic newspaper research. What has that to do with the Interment Camps you ask? Well guess what - the camps had a daily or weekly newspaper! And there was tons of info about the internees as well as those employed. It was used as a means to disseminate information and also a way for the residents to share information about events, hobbies, sports, etc.

Here are the main links to the newspapers published at each of the ten camps (from the Densho Archives), which were in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming:

(Updated December, 2020)

Did you know that prior to movement of internees to these more permanent camps, there were first "Temporary Assembly Centers", where internees "lived" for several months and where the conditions were deplorable. From Densho: "In spring 1942, the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) hastily prepared temporary "assembly centers" to house the individuals of Japanese ancestry who were removed from their homes after the signing of Executive Order 9066. The centers were surrounded by barbed-wire fences and patrolled by armed military police. People were housed in animal stalls and barracks with communal bathrooms and mess halls. After spending up to six months in the "assembly centers," Japanese Americans were moved inland to permanent concentration camps."

These Temporary Assembly Centers also had newspapers. Here's a list of those that have been digitized:

And here are all the online Interment Camp newspapers from the Library of Congress, the Temporary Assembly Centers, and other digital archives, all presented by state:

Arkansas - Communiqué.
Arkansas - Denson Tribune
Arkansas - Rohwer relocator.
Arkansas - Rohwer Outpost
Arizona - Poston Chronicle (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1945
Arizona - Gila News-Courier (Rivers, Arizona) 1942 to 1945
Arizona - Press Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
Arizona - Official Daily Press Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
Arizona - Official Information Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
Arizona - Gila Bulletin ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1945 to 1945
Arizona - Gila Co-Op News ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1943 to 1945
Arizona - Relocator News Week ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1943-194?
Arizona - Poston Christian Church (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1945
Arizona - Gila News-Courier
Arizona - Poston Chronicle
Arizona - Gila River Relocation Center: Gila Co-Op News 1943-1945
Arizona - Gila River Relocation Center: Gila News-Courier 1943-1945
Arizona - Gila River Relocation Center: Relocator News Week 1943-1944
Arizona - Gila River War Relocation Center: Gila Bulletin 1943-1945
Arizona - Poston War Relocation Center: Poston Chronicle 1942-1945
Arizona - Poston War Relocation Center: Press Bulletin 1942-1945
California - Arbo-Gram (4)
California - Fresno Grapevine (45)
California - Manzanar Free Press (Manzanar, Calif.) 1942 to 1945
California - Manzanar Free Press (409)
California - Mercedian (21)
California - Newell Star (110
California - Newell - The Tulean dispatch
California - Newell - Daily Tulean dispatch
California - Newell - The Tulean Dispatch
California - Newell - Tulean Dispatch daily
California - Pinedale Logger (9)
California - Pomona Center News (24)
California - Salinas Village Crier (8)
California - Santa Anita Pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif)
California - Santa Anita Pacemaker (105)
California - Stockton El Joaquin (34)
California - Tanforan Totalizer ([San Bruno, Calif.]) 1942 to 1942
California - Tanforan Totalizer (20)
California - The Daily Tulean Dispatch (Newell, Calif.) 1942 to 1943
California - The Newell Star (Newell, Calif.) 1944 to 1946
California - The Tule Lake Wra Center Information Bulletin (Newell, Calif.) 1944 to 1944
California - The Tulean Dispatch (Newell, Calif.) 1943 to 1943
California - The Tulean Dispatch (Tule Lake, Calif.) 1942 to 1942
California - Tulare News (30)
California - Tulean Dispatch Daily (Newell, Calif.) 1943 to 1943
California - Tulean Dispatch (430)
California - Turlock TAC (7)
California - Walerga Wasp (10)
Colorado - Amache Hi It
Colorado - Granada Christian Church News
Colorado - Granada Pioneer
Colorado - Junior Pioneer
Colorado - Pulse
Colorado - Kakushu jiji = Colorado times.
Colorado - Rokkī shimpō = Rocky shimpo.
Colorado - Granada Pioneer
Colorado - Bulletin.
Idaho - Minidoka Irrigator
Oregon - North Portland Evacuazette
Utah - Topaz Times
Utah - Topaz Times (Topaz, Utah) 1942 to 1945
Utah - Trek ([Topaz, Utah]) 1942 to 1943
Utah - All Aboard (Topaz, Utah) 194?-194?
Utah - Bussei Life (Topaz, Utah) 1943 to 1943
Utah - Topaz Times
Washington - Puyallup Camp Harmony News-Letter
Wyoming - Heart Mountain Sentinel
Wyoming - Heart Mountain Sentinel 1942 to 1945
Wyoming - Hāto Maunten senchineru : Japanese edition of Heart Mountain sentinel.

Another excellent resource for these newspapers and other information is the Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives, provided by the University of California.

So if you have ancestors or relatives who resided or worked in the camps, it would be worth your time to search/research these resources, and you might just find out how they lived while imprisoned there.

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Historical Indigenous and Native American Newspapers Online

12/29/2020

For those of you who have some Indigenous or Native American "blood" in your family tree, there are many Indigenous American newspapers that have been published over the last two hundred or so years that may help you find some information and stories about your ancestors.

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

Please note that some are free and some require a subscription or a login from a university (or local) library. Some are indexed, and some are not. In the Free Collections 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.

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Alaska

The Thlinget. - Sitka, Alaska, 1908-1912
Tundra Times

Arizona

Sells, Ariz., 1954-19?? - Papago Indian news.
Window Rock, Ariz., 1959-1960 - The Navajo times.
Window Rock, Ariz., 1960-1984 - Navajo times.
Nogales International
Supai Weekly News
Ádahooníłígíí
Apache Drum Beat
Navajo Times
Supai Weekly News
The Fort Apache Scout
Phoenix [Ariz.], 1943-???? - Adahooniłigii. [volume]
San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz., 196?-19?? - Apache drum beat.

California

Talking Leaf - Los Angeles, CA
NIAGI News - National City

Florida

Seminole Tribune

Georgia

Hawaii

Ho'olaupi'i - Hawaiian Nupepa Collection 1834-1948

Papakilo Hawaiian Language Newspaper Collection

Ahailono o ka Lahui

O ka Hae Katolika

The Liberal

Hawaiian Language Newspapers 1834-1927

Kansas

Lawrence - Indian Leader

Louisiana

Charenton - The Chitimacha Newsletter

Michigan

Tribal Observer

Minnesota

Montana

Nevada

Many Smokes

New Mexico

Santa Fe - Myths and Techno-Fantasies
Albuquerque Area Education Profile
Halne'ii of the San Juan Mission
Indian Forerunner
Jicarilla Chieftain

New York

Rooseveltown, N.Y., 1983-current - Indian time.

North Dakota

S'ina sapa wocekiye taeyanpaha = Catholic Sioux herald

North Carolina

Pembroke - Pembroke Carolina Indian Voice (2002)

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

South Dakota

Martin - Lakota Country Times
Lakota Times

Wisconsin

Oneida - Kalihwisaks

Wyoming

Native American Obituaries

The Daily Times (Farmington, New Mexico)
The Winslow Mail (Winslow, Arizona)
Montezuma Valley Sun (Montezuma, Colorado)
Cortez Journal (Cortez, Colorado)
Navajo Times (Window Rock, Navajo Nation, Arizona)
Lake Powell Chronicle (Page, Arizona)

If you know of any more links to Indigenous American newspapers, please let me know in the comments. For thousands of other online historic newspapers from all over the U.S., the world, and of all types, please visit the Newspaper Links page.

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Historical Swedish American Newspapers Online

12/29/2020

Thanks to a partnership of the Minnesota Historical Society, Kungliga biblioteket (National Library of Sweden), the American Swedish Institute, and the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, many historic Swedish American Newspapers are now available to search online!

The newspapers are located on the Minnesota Historical Society's website and are both browsable and searchable. There are over 300,000 pages available from 32 different titles, published in 11 different states. The date range is from 1859 to 2007.

I have also added some other online Swedish American newspapers that are available to search. Here is the complete list:

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

California

Colorado

Svensk-Amerikanska Western

Illinois

Massachusetts

Michigan

Arbetaren (Cadillac, Mich.) 1890-1904

Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minn. - Allarm (12/1/1915 - 5/1/1918)
Minneapolis, Minn. - Minnesota stats tidning (1877-01-04 - 1882-03-07)
Minneapolis, Minn. - Svenska amerikanska posten (1885-03-24 - 9/11/1940)
Minneapolis; St. Paul - Svenska folkets tidning (1881-10-05 - 8/25/1927)
Red Wing, Minn. - Minnesota posten (1857-11-07 - 1858-10-13)
Red Wing, Minn. - Skaffaren (1878-12-01 - 1882-04-26)
St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn. - Minnesota stats tidning (1895-10-30 - 6/17/1903)
St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn. - Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning (1882-05-03 - 1885-03-11)
St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn. - Skaffaren (1885-03-18 - 1895-10-23)
Forskaren
Minneapolis, Minn., 1915-19?? - Allarm.
Minneapolis, Minn., 1877-1882 - Minnesota stats tidning.
Red Wing, Minn., 1878-1882 - Skaffaren.
Red Wing, Minnesota, 1857-1858 - Minnesota posten.
St. Paul, Minn. ;, 1882-1885 - Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning.
St. Paul, Minn. ;, 1885-1895 - Skaffaren.
St. Paul, Minn. ;, 1895-1939 - Minnesota stats tidning. [volume]

Nebraska

Omaha-posten (Omaha, Neb.) 1904-1954

New York

Oregon

Texas

Texas Posten (216)
Texas posten

Washington

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Nevada Online Historical Photos Research

12/29/2020

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 state of Nevada 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 state.

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.

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free Nevada Links, click on the category of interest:

Newspapers
Obituaries
BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records

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625 Free Online Wyoming Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/28/2020

Are you doing Wyoming genealogy research and looking for Free Online Wyoming Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired free collection links (625 links to Free Collections for Wyoming):

Obituaries - http://bit.ly/2s0Z3wl
Newspapers - http://bit.ly/2J10PnO
Yearbooks - http://bit.ly/2Mz2mTm
Birth, Marriage, and Death Info - http://bit.ly/2JrPoFj
Photos - http://bit.ly/2KPui7X
Divorce Records - https://bit.ly/3fyX0FD
Voter Lists - http://bit.ly/2YAUvdi
Coroner's Records - http://bit.ly/2H9iavq
Probate and Wills - http://bit.ly/2QK26Gs
Church Records - https://bit.ly/2WxFprN
Immigration Records - http://bit.ly/2SzTwJq
Naturalizations - http://bit.ly/2PLK0BQ
School Records - https://bit.ly/2yzT6ws
City Directories - https://bit.ly/2EG1NZn
Mortuary Records - https://bit.ly/2RVPJGy
Alumni Records - https://bit.ly/2VeGbbd

By the way, you can always access these all the time on the By Location page.

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970 Free Online Utah Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/28/2020

Are you doing Utah genealogy research and looking for Free Online Utah Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired free collection links (970 links to Free Collections for Utah):

Obituaries - http://bit.ly/2rYOAS4
Newspapers - http://bit.ly/2pNAsde
Yearbooks - http://bit.ly/2WEuGtr
Birth, Marriage, and Death Info - http://bit.ly/2jeSC3V
Photos - http://bit.ly/2MQQP1x
Divorce Records - https://bit.ly/3fyX0FD
Voter Lists - http://bit.ly/2YAUvdi
Coroner's Records - http://bit.ly/2H9iavq
Probate and Wills - http://bit.ly/2XFvdMt
Church Records - https://bit.ly/3anqDrT
Immigration Records - http://bit.ly/2SzTwJq
Naturalizations - http://bit.ly/38C1Fob
School Records - https://bit.ly/2JFNjaQ
City Directories - https://bit.ly/3hFZXWP
Mortuary Records - https://bit.ly/2RVPJGy
Alumni Records - https://bit.ly/36iWfze

By the way, you can always access these all the time on the By Location page.

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1,713 Free Online Washington Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/28/2020

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1,230 Free Online Oregon Collections Available Now in 16 Genealogy Record Categories

12/28/2020

Are you doing Oregon genealogy research and looking for Free Online Oregon Genealogy Records? Click on a link for your desired free collection links (1,230 links to Free Collections for Oregon):

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Mortuary Records - https://bit.ly/2RVPJGy
Alumni Records - https://bit.ly/3kTe8IQ

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