The Ancestor Hunt
________________
- Website
- theancestorhunt.com · all feeds from this site
- Feed URL
https://theancestorhunt.com/feed/
Read it in your FeedListing reader
Or add to: Feedly Inoreader Raw feed
Latest posts
-
Death Documents Abound – Death Record Amendments
What if the death certificate you found contains information that someone later corrected? Death records are not always final when first registered. Errors in names, dates, parentage, or other details may be discovered after filing, resulting in an official amendment. An…
-
Swedish American Newspaper Collection Adds/Updates 67 Titles – November 2026
Thanks to a partnership of the Minnesota Historical Society, Kungliga biblioteket (National Library of Sweden), the American Swedish Institute, and the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, many historic Swedish American…
-
Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection Adds/Updates 42 Titles – November 2026
The Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection regularly adds or updates newspaper titles to the collection. Last month, 42 titles were added or updated (Information provided by Veridian Software, which powers the Wyoming Digital Newspapers Collection website). Here is the list of…
-
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Adds/Updates 19 Titles – November 2026
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection regularly adds or updates newspaper titles to the collection. Last month, 19 titles were added or updated (Information provided by Veridian Software, which powers the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection website). Here is the list…
-
Digital Michigan Newspapers Adds/Updates 14 Titles – November 2026
Digital Michigan Newspapers regularly adds or updates newspaper titles for the collection. Last month 14 titles were added or updated (Information provided by Veridian Software, which powers the Digital Michigan Newspapers website). Here is the list of titles: To access the site…
-
NY State Historical Newspapers Adds 15 Titles – November, 2026
Source: Northern New York Library Network If you follow this website at all, you know that I, from time to time, update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February…
-
Veridian Adds/Updates 498 Titles – November 2026
Veridian Software has many clients with collections of digitized newspapers that can be searched for free. Over 250 million pages currently. They power the newspaper collections of California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.…
-
GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 42 Titles – November 2026
GenealogyBank, a subscription newspaper site, has announced its updates for last month. There are 39 New Titles and 3 Titles that have had issues added in the previous month. From GenealogyBank: Here are some of the details about our most recent U.S. newspaper additions: To see…
-
Death Documents Abound – Funeral Programs
A funeral program may look like a simple keepsake. But for genealogists, it can be a miniature family history. Funeral programs often contain photographs, biographical sketches, family acknowledgments, and details about the funeral service. Some identify relatives, friends,…
-
Death Documents Abound – Obituaries and Death Notices
An obituary may tell the story of an ancestor’s life. A death notice may provide just enough information to help you discover that story. Both can be valuable genealogy resources, but they serve different purposes. An obituary may identify relatives, occupations, residences,…
-
MyHeritage New and Updated Collections – October 1-31, 2026
MyHeritage continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For October 2026, there are 12 new and 18 updated collections. The new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy…
-
British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 119 Titles – October 2026
The British Newspaper Archive, a subscription site owned by FindMyPast, has announced its updates for last month. There are 18 New Titles and 101 Titles that have had issues added. There are a total of over 109.6 million pages available on the site. A complete list of all of the…
-
NewspaperArchive Update – October 2026
NewspaperArchive, a subscription site, announced its updates for last month.There are 0 New Titles and 11 Titles that have had issues added. There are over 16,500 titles available on the site. A complete list of all of the site’s titles can be found HERE. Below are the titles…
-
Findmypast Adds/Updates 119 Historical Newspaper Titles – October 2026
Findmypast is an underappreciated source for digitized newspapers. It is a subscription site that specializes in British and Irish newspapers. Currently, its collection numbers over 109.9 million pages and is growing rapidly. This month, Findmypast added 18 new titles and added…
-
Newspapers dot Com Update – October 2026
Newspapers.Com is one of the larger subscription newspaper sites. At the date of this publication, they claim over 1.27 billion digitized pages from over 31,700 titles. Here is a list of the new titles from the past month. United States Alabama Arizona Connecticut Georgia…
-
Death Documents Abound – Cemetery Plot Ownership Records
Who owned the cemetery plot where your ancestor was buried? The answer might reveal a family connection you never knew existed. Cemetery plot ownership records document the purchase, ownership, and sometimes the transfer of burial rights. They may identify the original…
-
Ancestry New and Updated Collections – October 1-31, 2026
Ancestry.com continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of October 1-31, 2026, the new and updated collections are: I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for! Good Luck and Happy Hunting! The post Ancestry…
-
FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – October 1-31, 2026
FamilySearch continues to add or update its record collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of October 1-31, 2026, the added/updated collections are: For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list…
-
Death Documents Abound – Delayed Death Registrations
What happens when an ancestor’s death wasn’t officially recorded until years after it occurred? Not every death was registered promptly. Some were recorded months, years, or even decades later, often because an official death record was needed for legal or administrative…
-
Death Documents Abound – Death Certificates
A death certificate records the end of a life. But it can also reveal clues about the life that came before it. Beyond the date and place of death, a death certificate may identify an ancestor’s parents, birthplace, spouse, occupation, residence, and burial location. But there’s…