GenealogyBank has added newspapers published in the Japanese American Relocation Camps during World War II. Birth, Marriage and Death Notices These newspapers from Arkansas, California, Colorado and Utah contain birth, marriage, and death records that are very useful for genealogists to trace Japanese lineage. For example, here is an old obituary from the Tulean... (Read More)
Per favore, provalo! See: Street vendors at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan’s Little Italy. GenealogyBank is pleased to announce that these historical Italian American newspapers are available in our online archives. State City Newspaper Start End CA San Francisco Corriere del Popolo 1916 1962 NY New York Cristoforo Colombo 1892 1893 NY... (Read More)
FamilySearch International (FamilySearch.org) and GenealogyBank (GenealogyBank.com) today announced an agreement to make over a billion records from historical obituaries searchable online. It will be the largest—and perhaps most significant—online U.S. historical records access initiative yet. Find out more at: https://www.genealogybank.com/family-search/ The tremendous undertaking will make a billion records from over 100 million U.S. newspaper... (Read More)
An article featuring an infographic with a timeline of key historical events in Colonial America... (Read More)
Recently, I checked in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives for a few of my Sawyer relatives in Grafton County, New Hampshire—and didn’t find them. Bummer. When I search in GenealogyBank and do not find my target relatives, I make a quick note to try again in a few weeks to see if I can find... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega discusses—and provides links to—seven top online resources for researching your American Revolutionary War ancestors... (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega describes the search tips she gave at her genealogy presentations at the recent Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree... (Read More)
For the first time, GenealogyBank has broken into the top 10 on a list of the Top 100 Genealogy Websites of 2014 from around the world, reaching the rank of #10. This annual best of genealogy websites list is produced by GenealogyInTime Magazine. The rankings are based on one important measurement: actual traffic flow,... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena explains how the social media website Pinterest can help with your family history research. Are you a member of Pinterest? Pinterest is a social media website that allows you to gather images from... (Read More)
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