Books of the Week – Donald Lines Jacobus

Millions of books are going online.
Entire libraries – that never close; a
vailable 24/7.

It is now possible for genealogists to read, download and keep genealogies, local histories – publications of all types and sizes. Instantly accessible online and easily stored on your personal laptop or handheld computer.

Donald Lines Jacobus (1887-1970) – well known as the Dean of American Genealogists was writing since he was a young boy. The New Haven Register 18 May 1900 carried a remarkable, lengthy article about his discussion of Biblical and Classical genealogy – written at the age of 12. Click here to read the entire article. It is published online in GenealogyBank.

Jacobus was a prolific writer and his books are going online.

You can read some of his earliest publications – The Lines Family – about his mother’s family that was published in 1905


and The Wilmot family of New Haven, Conn., published in 1904 by the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

You may even read his book of Poems published in 1914 by the Harty-Musch Press, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut.

Milestones in the Wilderness (1914)

Take full advantage of what the Internet has to offer. You will find thousands of published genealogies & local histories online at:


Internet Archive
Google Books
Family History Archive

and GenealogyBank is your best source for online newspapers – over 4,200 newspapers and 260,000+ digital books and documents online.

It is a great day for genealogy!

Newspapers from 10 States added to GenealogyBank

GenealogyBank announced today that it has added more newspapers from 10 States: Connecticut; Iowa; Michigan; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oregon; Tennessee; Texas and Virginia.

Argus Observer (Ontario, OR)
Obituaries: 10/02/2009 – Current


Big Spring Herald (Big Spring, TX)
Obituaries: 10/02/2009 – Current

New Canaan News-Review (New Canaan, CT)
Obituaries: 11/05/2009 – Current

Daily Democrat, The (Fort Madison, IA)
Obituaries: 12/19/2009 – Current

Shelby-Utica News (Shelby, Utica, MI)
Obituaries: 10/07/2009 – Current

Stanly News and Press, The (Albemarle, NC)
Obituaries: 10/10/2009 – Current

Yadkin Ripple, The (Yadkinville, NC)
Obituaries: 10/02/2009 – Current

Brighton-Pittsford Post (Brighton, Pittsford, NY)
Obituaries: 10/04/2009 – Current

Logan Daily News, The (Logan, OH)
Obituaries: 01/15/2010 – Current

Mountain Press, The (Sevierville, TN)
Obituaries: 10/02/2009 – Current

Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, TX)
Obituaries: 12/03/2009 – Current

Amherst New Era Progress (Amherst, VA)
Obituaries: 10/02/2009 – Current

Nelson County Times (Amherst, VA)
Obituaries: 10/02/2009 – Current


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City Directories

Thousands of city directories are going online.

City directories are a basic tool for genealogists. City directories are like an annual census of the cities and towns across America. Now – thousands of them are being digitized and put online.

Read about the history of city directories here: Williams, A.V. Growth and Development of City Directories. Cincinnati, OH: Williams Directory, Co., 1913. 152p.
Download and Keep this book in your personal library!

City directories usually listed all adult residents of the community. Typical entries give:

Name; address; occupation; relationships; notification that a person moved & where they moved to; divorce dates/remarriages; widows etc.

Here is an example of entries identifying widows – giving the names of their deceased husbands in the Indianapolis 1914 City Directory. Here are just a few examples of the city directories that are going online:

Google Books

Internet Archive

Google Books

Google Books

Google Books

Google Books

Internet Archive has over 2,300 city directories online and Google Books has over 1,000 city directories online. These directories are not on GenealogyBank. All genealogists should use those sites to find city directories. Good things are happening all across the Internet.

It is a great day for genealogy!

African American newspapers going up on GenealogyBank

GenealogyBank is adding over 280 fully-searchable African American newspapers with coverage from 1827 to 1999. GenealogyBank released the first 50+ newspapers this month.

This is an exciting new addition to GenealogyBank – we are pleased to make these resources available -opening up family history information just not found anywhere else.”

Alaska Spotlight (AK). 1956-1968

Homeland (AR). 1991-1999

Southern Mediator Journal (AR). 1962-1966

Inter-Faith Churchman (CA). 1941

Los Angeles Tribune (CA) 1943-1960

Teller (CA). 1946

Black Networking News (DC). 1989-1990

National Chronicle (DC). 1990-1991

Washington Bee (DC). 1914-1915

Florida Tattler (FL). 1934-1945

Savannah Tribune (GA). 1875-1922

Bags and Baggage (IL). 1937-1943

Bulletin (IL). 1968-1969

Central South Sider (IL). 1929

Chicago Courier (IL). 1974-1975

Chicago Metro News (IL). 1973-1990

Chicago World (IL). 1925-1935

Illinois Sentinel (IL). 1937

Metropolitan Post (IL). 1938-1939

Olivet Baptist Church Herald (IL) 1936

Freeman (IN) 1897-1899

Indianapolis Ledger (IN). 1918-1922

Advocate (KS). 1904-1926

People’s Elevator (KS). 1937-1940

Wyandotte Echo (KS). 1936-1937

Freeman’s Lance (KS) 1891

Plaindealer (KS). 1912-1921

Negro Star (KS). 1939-1952

Community Leader (LA). 1985

Inside New Orleans (LA) 1965

New Orleans Daily Creole (LA) 1856-1857

St. Louis Clarion (MO). 1920-1921

Mississippi Free Press (MS) 1961-1964

Mississippi Weekly (MS) 1935

Mound Bayou News-Digest(MS) 1950

People’s Community News (NY). 1970

Rights of All (NY) 1829

Minority Report (OH). 1969-1970

North Philly Free Press (PA) 1982-1983

Political Digest (PA) 1937

Memphis Triangle (TN). 1928-1929

Brotherhood Eyes (TX). 1936

Fort Worth Mind (TX) 1943-1947

USA Monitor (TX) 1992-1993

Soul City Courier (WI) 1976-1977

Wisconsin Labor Advocate (WI) 1886-1887

Milwaukee Defender (WI) 1957-1958

Milwaukee Star (WI) 1968-1977

Soul City Times (WI) 1968-1971

Racine Courier (WI) 1988-1992

Advocate (WV). 1904-1926

GenealogyBank adds 271 newspapers since Thanksgiving

GenealogyBank adds 48 more newspapers.
Wow! That makes 271 newspapers added since Thanksgiving.

It’s a great day for genealogy!

And …. the month is still not over…. we have even more newspapers that we will be announcing in the days ahead.

Smyrna-Clayton Sun-Times (Smyrna, DE) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Sussex Countian (Georgetown, DE) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Boca Beacon, The (Boca Grande, FL) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Chiefland Citizen (Chiefland, FL) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Clayton News Daily (Jonesboro, GA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Henry Daily Herald (McDonough, GA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Tifton Gazette (Tifton, GA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Hamburg Reporter (Hamburg, IA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Osceola Sentinel-Tribune (Osceola, IA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Macomb Eagle (Macomb, IL) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Marion Daily Republican, The (Marion, IL) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Sauk Valley Newspapers (Dixon, IL) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Boonville Standard & Newburgh-Chandler Register (Boonville, Newburgh, IN) Death Notices: 10/14/2009 – Current
Girard City Press, The (Girard, KS) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
St. Tammany News (Covington, LA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Taunton Daily Gazette (Taunton, MA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Franklin Times, The (Lousiburg, NC) Death Notices: 10/03/2009 – Current
Fuquay-Varina Independent (Fuquay-Varina, NC) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Garner News (Garner, NC) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Laurinburg Exchange, The (Laurinburg, NC) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Mt. Airy News, The (Mt. Airy, NC) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Pender Post, The (Burgaw, NC) Death Notices: 10/08/2009 – Current
Robesonian, The (Lumberton, NC) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Stokes News, The (Walnut Cove, NC) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Custer County Chief (Broken Bow, NE) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
AIM Jefferson (Rockaway, NJ) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
AIM Sussex County (Newton, NJ) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
AIM West Milford (West Milford, NJ) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Edgewater View (Edgewater, NJ) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Ramsey Suburban News (Ramsey, NJ) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Today’s Sunbeam (Salem, NJ) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Evening Sun, The (Norwich, NY) Death Notices: 10/03/2009 – Current
Evening Telegram, The (Herkimer, NY) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Evening Times, The (Little Falls, NY) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Evening Tribune, The (Hornell, NY) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Leader, The (Corning, NY) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Wellsville Daily Reporter (Wellsville, NY) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Community Common, The (Portsmouth, OH) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Vinton County Courier (McArthur, OH) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Ada Evening News, The (Ada, OK) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Edmond Sun, The (Edmond, OK) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Shawnee News-Star, The (Shawnee, OK) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Allied News (Grove City, PA) Death Notices: 10/04/2009 – Current
Chestnut Hill Local (Philadelphia, PA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current
Hamburg Area Item, The (Hamburg, PA) Death Notices: 10/14/2009 – Current
Kane Republican, The (Kane, PA) Death Notices: 10/07/2009 – Current
Meadville Tribune, The (Meadville, PA) Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

GenealogyBank adds 190 newspapers this month

GenealogyBank. adds more newspapers – we’re up to 190 titles added this month – that’s over 4,100 newspapers online right now.

And, the month’s not over yet – there are still more newspapers going online before the year is over.

Sign up now and see what you’ll find about your family!

AK. Anchorage. Alaska Spotlight. 7/28/1956 to 11/30/1968
AR. Forrest City. Homeland. 6/1/1998 to 7/1/1999
AR. Little Rock. Southern Mediator Journal. 6/22/1962 to 2/25/1966
CA. Los Angeles. Heraldo de Mexico. 5/12/1925

CA. Los Angeles. Inter-Faith Churchman. 4/20/1941
CA. Los Angeles. Los Angeles Tribune. 1/3/1958 to 4/22/1960
CA. Los Angeles. Teller. 3/20/1946
CT. New London. New London Gazette. 1827-01-03 to 1837-12-13
DC. Washington. Black Networking News. 1/1/1989 to 8/1/1990
DC. Washington. National Chronicle. 7/6/1990 to 9/20/1991
DC. Washington. Washington Bee. 1/3/1914 to 9/25/1915
FL. Jacksonville. Florida Tattler. 12/1/1934 to 9/29/1945
GA. Augusta. Augusta Chronicle. 1/1/1982 to 12/31/1996
GA. Savannah. Savannah Tribune. 1875-12-04 to 12/28/1922
IL. Chicago. Bulletin. 9/11/1968 to 12/3/1969
IL. Chicago. Central South Sider. 7/6/1929
IL. Chicago. Chicago Courier. 4/13/1974 to 11/15/1975
IL. Chicago. Chicago Metro News. 11/3/1973 to 12/26/1987
IL. Chicago. Chicago World. 10/29/1925 to 6/15/1935
IL. Chicago. Illinois Sentinel. 11/20/1937
IL. Chicago. Metropolitan Post. 9/10/1938 to 6/3/1939
IL. Chicago. Olivet Baptist Church Herald. 11/29/1936
IN. Indianapolis. Freeman. 1897-06-12 to 1899-02-04
IN. Indianapolis. Indianapolis Ledger. 4/13/1918 to 10/28/1922
KS. Kansas City. Advocate. 1/6/1922 to 4/23/1926
KS. Kansas City. People’s Elevator. 8/19/1937 to 9/19/1940
KS. Kansas City. Wyandotte Echo. 1/3/1936 to 12/24/1937
KS. Peru. Freeman’s Lance. 1891-02-20 to 1891-12-25
KS. Topeka. Plaindealer. 7/5/1912 to 4/29/1921
KS. Wichita. Negro Star. 1/5/1939 to 12/26/1952
LA. Baton Rouge. Community Leader. 6/13/1985
LA. New Orleans. Inside New Orleans. 5/1/1965
LA. New Orleans. Times Picayune. 12/7/1942 to 4/4/1950
LA. New Orleans. Times-Picayune. 1870-04-09 to 1899-02-06
MA. Boston. Boston Journal. 1870-07-01 to 1871-06-30
MI. Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Gazette. 1876-06-07 to 8/31/1907
MO. St. Louis. St. Louis Clarion. 12/18/1920 to 4/2/1921
MS. Jackson. Mississippi Free Press. 12/16/1961 to 8/1/1964
MS. Jackson. Mississippi Weekly. 5/18/1935
MS. Mound Bayou. Mound Bayou News-Digest. 5/13/1950
NY. Harlem. People’s Community News. 5/10/1970
NY. New York. New York Herald. 1879-02-1 to 1895-01-26
NY. New York. New York Herald-Tribune. 1856-07-14 to 1875-06-30
NY. New York. Nueva Democracia. 1/1/1947 to 10/1/1948
NY. New York. Prensa. 10/9/1923 to 9/16/1927
NY. New York. Rights of All. 1829-05-29 to 1829-10-09
OH. Dayton. Minority Report. 1/1/1969 to 12/18/1970
OH. Sandusky. Sandusky Register. 1848-04-24 to 1867-04-24
PA. Philadelphia. North Philly Free Press. 3/23/1982 to 1/18/1983
PA. Philadelphia. Political Digest. 10/31/1937
SC. Charleston. City Gazette. 1825-01-01 to 1826-08-31
TN. Memphis. Memphis Triangle. 11/17/1928 to 7/27/1929
TN. Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro Union. 6/6/1939
TX. Brownsville. Cronista del Valle. 10/12/1928
TX. Dallas. Brotherhood Eyes. 10/31/1936
TX. Dallas. Dallas Morning News. 7/31/1978 to 12/28/1978
TX. El Paso. ontinental. 11/17/1936 to 1/2/1938
TX. Fort Worth. Fort Worth Mind. 11/13/1943 to 9/13/1947
TX. Fort Worth. USA Monitor. 8/1/1992 to 3/1/1993
WA. Seattle. Seattle Daily Times. 12/1/1938 to 12/31/1952
WI. Beloit. Soul City Courier. 10/12/1976 to 1/18/1977
WI. La Crosse. Wisconsin Labor Advocate. 1886-08-20 to 1887-06-06
WI. Milwaukee. Milwaukee Defender. 1/3/1957 to 2/1/1958
WI. Milwaukee. Milwaukee Star. 10/19/1968 to 2/10/1977
WI. Milwaukee. Soul City Times. 9/14/1968 to 12/16/1971
WI. Racine. Racine Courier. 9/3/1988 to 7/25/1992
WV. Charleston. Advocate. 6/9/1904

Title Lists – Newspapers, Books & Documents on GenealogyBank

You can quickly see what is included in GenealogyBank by looking at the title lists.

Click on the title list for each section to see what is included in GenealogyBank

Newspaper Title Lists

Historical Books Title List

Historical Documents Title List

For example – here is part of the title list for South Carolina newspapers in GenealogyBank.

Obituaries – Routinely Published in Government Reports & Documents

Get the most out of GenealogyBank!


The annual reports of the Department of the Interior are in
GenealogyBank. They were published annually as part of the US Serial Set.

I didn’t know that was in GenealogyBank!

What the Commissioner of Education did was publish the obituaries of teachers and educators at all levels. See this example of the obituary of Jeremiah Root Barnes (1809-1901).


What did we learn from this obituary?
Full Name: Jeremiah Root Barnes
Date/Place of Death: 1 Jan 1901 – Marietta, Ohio
Date/Place of Birth: 9 March 1809 – Southington, CT
Education: Yale College, 1834; Yale Theological Seminary – 2 years; Honorary Degree – Yale (1892).
Career: Pastor: Evansville, IN; Salem, IN; Piqua, OH; young ladies seminary (1850) suburbs of Cincinnati; founder of Carleton College in Northfield, MN; publisher of: Western Magazine
Military: Civil War – in the Freedmen’s Bureau 1861-1865.

Tip: Obituaries were published not only in newspapers but also in government documents and reports.
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This example is from: Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 1. Date: 1903-01-01; Publication: Serial Set Vol. No. 4464, Session Vol. No.25; Report: H.Doc. 5 pt. 5.1

GenealogyBank – try this how-to mini-course

Randy Seaver in his Genea-Musings blog ran a good “how-to” series that takes you through the steps of using GenealogyBank.

Click on the links below to read his series:
Post 1: Getting Started

Post 2: Seeing Search Results

Post 3: More Navigation Options

Post 4: More Databases and resources

Post 5: Using Keyword Searches

GenealogyBank adds and expands 25 newspapers in 17 states.

GenealogyBank adds and expands 25 newspapers in 17 states.

AK. Juneau.
Daily Record-Miner
1 issue. 10/8/1903

CO. Colorado Springs
Gazette-Telegraph. 12 issues. 5/24/1903 to 3/11/1920

CT. Middletown
Constitution. 37 issues. 1878-01-01 to 1878-12-03

CT. New London
New London Gazette. 146 issues. 1828-01-07 to 1835-12-30

KY. Louisville
Western Courier*. 148issues 1813-11-16 to 1816-09-26

LA. New Orleans
Times Picayune. 246 issues. 1861-05-15 to 1894-09-04

MD. Baltimore
Baltimore American. 12 issues. 6/27/1905 to 8/12/1911
MD. Baltimore
Federal Republican. 232 issues. 1811-03-19 to 1812-06-18

NC. Henderson
Daily Dispatch. 4/10/2002 to Present

NE. Nebraska City
Daily Nebraska Press. 2 issues. 1875-04-12 to 1875-08-23

NJ. Cranford
Chranford Chronicle. 6/9/2005 to Present

NJ. Somerville

Chronicle. 6/11/2005 to 3/3/2007
NJ. Somerville
Reporter. 6/9/2005 to Present

NJ. Summit
Independent Press. 8/2/2006 to Present
NJ. Trenton
Trenton State Gazette. 303 issues. 1849-01-01 to 1849-12-31

NY. New York
New York Herald. 206 issues. 1874-04-25 to 1883-12-17

OH. Cincinnati
Cincinnati Volksfreund*. 813 issues. 1863-02-18 to 12/28/1904

OH. Cleveland
Plain-Dealer. 307 issues. 1/15/1914 to 9/27/1922

OR. Portland
Oregonian. 1920 issues. 1867-04-22 to 3/10/1907

PA. Philadelphia
Aurora General Advertiser. 12 issues. 1797-03-01 to 1797-10-18

RI. Pawtucket
Pawtucket Times. 1 issue. 3/18/1920

SC. Charleston
City Gazette. 512 issues. 1823-01-01 to 1825-12-31

SD. Pierre
Capital Journal. 12/11/2007 to Present

UT. Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Telegram. 1 issue. 3/28/1919
UT. Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Tribune. 1 issue. 1893-03-02

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