Case Study: Using Old Newspaper Articles to Learn about Your Ancestors
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 16, 2013
Old newspapers provide the stories of our ancestors’ lives, helping to flesh out the names and dates on our family trees. What kind of family history can be found in historical newspapers? Let’s pick a typical, ordinary family and find out. For example, what can I discover about the Crofoot family that lived in... (Read More)