Records

Over 14 Million New Records Added on FamilySearch Last Month

Last month (October) FamilySearch added additional free online records. According to FamilySearch, over 14.8 million new indexed family history records and over 400 thousand digital images from around the world were added. New historical records were added from American Samoa, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, England, France, Guatemala, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay, Wales… Read More Over 14 Million New Records Added on FamilySearch Last Month

Research

English Research

Over the years I have discovered some resources and methods I use to help augment FamilySearch and Ancestry for English Research. This is a method I use in researching my English ancestors: Select an ancestor that was born at a time when his birth, marriage and or death would have been recorded in the Civil… Read More English Research

Research

Newspaper Research

Anyone who is serious about discovering their family history should never pass up an opportunity to supplement their research by using United States newspapers. Newspapers are often the best place to find such useful sources as obituaries, notices of land sales, probate notices, birth, marriage and death notices as well as day to day historical… Read More Newspaper Research

Records

Over 13 Million New Records Added on FamilySearch Last Month

Last month (February) FamilySearch added additional free online records. According to FamilySearch, over 13 million new indexed family history records from around the world were added. New historical records were added from Argentina, Australia, Colombia, England, France, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, which includes California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma,… Read More Over 13 Million New Records Added on FamilySearch Last Month