Florida Archives: 293 Newspapers for Genealogy Research
By Tony Pettinato on August 28, 2023
An article (with a complete title list) about the 293 Florida newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)
Tag: Florida
450th Anniversary of St. Augustine, the Oldest City in the U.S.
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on September 10, 2015
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this blog article, Mary celebrates the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine, Florida – the oldest city in the United States. This week, St. Augustine, Florida – the oldest continuously-occupied European settlement in the continental United States... (Read More)
Family History Expos – Georgia 2011
By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 18, 2011
Georgia Family History Expo – Duluth, Georgia 2011 Over 400 genealogists gathered in Duluth, Georgia, for the annual Family History Expo held at the Gwinnett Center on Nov. 11-12, 2011. Now in its second year, this conference has the size and feel of a national conference. There were over 60 informative family history sessions... (Read More)
Tell us your success story.
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 15, 2010
We hear from GenealogyBank researchers all the time about their success in finding their family in historical newspapers and documents. Do you have an interesting story to tell?Would you be willing to be interviewed about it?If so, please contact me directly at: TKemp@NewsBank.com We want to hear from you. Here is what others have... (Read More)
Passenger Lists to America
By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 11, 2009
Newspapers routinely published the list of passengers on board ships bound to and from America. Here are just a few examples of the thousands of passenger lists published in newspapers that can be found in GenealogyBank. Newspapers published not just lists of immigrants coming to America but also regularly published passenger lists of American’s... (Read More)
Robin Dombrowsky, 1951-2007
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 24, 2008
Robin Dombrowsky a well known genealogy librarian has passed away. She was an active promoter of genealogy through her many articles and popular lectures. She was active in genealogy even while getting her MLS at the University of South Florida. She was the Supervisor of the Reference Department at the Palm Harbor (FL) Public... (Read More)
