Vermont Archives: 195 Newspapers for Genealogy Research
By Tony Pettinato on September 5, 2024
An article (with a complete title list) about the 195 Vermont newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)
Tag: Vermont
Eyewitness Report of Civil War Attack – in Vermont!
By Tony Pettinato on October 19, 2016
An article about the Confederate raid on St. Albans, Vermont, during the Civil War, on 19 October 1864... (Read More)
Gershom Beach Dead at 77 – the Forgotten Paul Revere
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 8, 2015
Gershom Beach, a blacksmith in Rutland, Vermont, was 77 when he passed away on 2 September 1805, according to his obituary. Born 24 September 1728 in Cheshire, Connecticut, Gershom Beach was credited as being one of the original settlers of Rutland, Vermont. Beach is most noted for his Paul Revere-style message delivery for Colonel... (Read More)
Why You Should Dig Deep into the Obituary Archives
By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 27, 2014
George Foster Sawyer served in the U.S. Navy and died in La Spezia, Italy, in 1852. He was a native of Burlington, Vermont. Hmm…so where do you look for his obituary? Since Sawyer was a native of Vermont, you’d expect to find his obituary in a Vermont or other newspaper from New England. I... (Read More)
How to Do Genealogical Research: Damon Family Case Study
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 21, 2012
Sometime during the next few weeks, as we continue to add new content to our online archives, GenealogyBank will reach a milestone: we will have 1 billion more records than the total we launched our website with five years ago. Wow, that’s a lot of additional genealogy records! I wanted to see what I... (Read More)
How Did You Get Started as a Genealogist? Share Your Story with Us!
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 12, 2011
A Louisiana newspaper in 1853 said of family historians that “their memory is a forest planted with genealogical trees.” How true that is! Daily Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 25 October 1853, page 5. After years of family history research many genealogists have had all types of “Eureka!” moments and breakthroughs, when they found a... (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)
Genealogy Boot Camp – Quick Tips
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 9, 2010
Genealogy Boot Camp Here are a few tips that every genealogist should know. Using an online index Researchers using an online index sometimes try to tell the computer everything they know about their deceased ancestor. Assuming that the computer will sort through all of the facts and narrow down the hits to just their... (Read More)
Funeral Sermons – a core genealogical resource
By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 23, 2009
GenealogyBank.com has over 7,000 funeral sermons – full text digital copies and excerpts. These are a core source for genealogists searching for the details of their ancestor’s lives in Colonial America and the early Federalist period. (Photo, Ian Britton. FreeFoto.com). It was common in Colonial America to have a funeral sermon printed and distributed... (Read More)
