Tag: Probate Notices

3 Tips to Uncover Hidden Genealogy Clues in Obituaries

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 28, 2014

Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena shows how useful newspaper obituaries are for your family history research—and explains clues in obituaries that even some experienced genealogists might miss. Obituaries are the newspaper articles that most genealogists cut their research... (Read More)

How to Search Probate Records in GenealogyBank’s Newspaper Archives

By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 13, 2012

State laws required that a legal notice of a probate action be posted in local newspapers. This was the state’s method to get the word out to all interested parties that an estate was going to be disbursed to the heirs and creditors. These legal requirements varied across the country, but we can reasonably... (Read More)