After 200 years of shielding itself from the outside world, Japan was forced by a U.S. treaty to end its policy of seclusion on 29 July 1858... (Read More)
An article about Japanese Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi, who finally surrendered on Guam on 24 January 1972 – nearly 27 years after WWII had ended... (Read More)
An editorial urging the American people to steel themselves for the struggle ahead after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941... (Read More)
An article about the Japanese attack against the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941 that triggered the U.S. entry into World War II... (Read More)
In this article, Scott Phillips searches old newspapers to find stories about the day Japan announced its surrender, ending World War II... (Read More)
In this article, Scott Phillips commemorates V-E Day—the day Nazi Germany surrendered in WWII—and reminisces about his father’s involvement in the war... (Read More)
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)
Nicholas Grod of Portland, Oregon used an online obituary to track down the rightful heir to a fortune in US Government bonds that he found hidden in his basement. KATU-TV (Portland, OR) reports that last year Grod was cleaning out the basement of his Portland, Oregon home and found a homemade box wedged under... (Read More)
“I’ve been having a ball finding articles about my family. The biggest find for me … was discovering my gr-grandfather’s uncle in Congressional records as well as in newspapers. He had left home as a child and didn’t return home again until after his father died. It was reported in the newspapers that his... (Read More)
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