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Genealogy Research with Legal Notices in Newspapers

Illustration: the scales of justice

Newspapers have long been the way that official notices of court actions, legal matters and other announcements have been communicated to the public, and researching these legal notices can help you learn more about your ancestors and fill in details on your family tree.

This blog post highlights some of the past articles we’ve published on the GenealogyBank Blog about researching legal notices in newspapers. Just click on the title of any article that interests you to read the full blog post.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 22 May 1914, page 16
GenealogyBank search results page showing sample “Legal/Probate/Court” records
Daily People (New York, New York), 25 September 1901, page 1

How to Find Your Ancestor’s Divorce Records in the Newspaper

St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, Missouri), 25 June 1889, page 12
Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts), 13 February 1857, page 3
Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), 5 May 1977, page 19
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