What did your relatives experience during World War II? Look for answers with these step-by-step instructions for finding WWII newspaper content and tips for searching about the war progress in the 1940s. We have covered so many gripping and inspiring World War II...
Amazing Women in World War II: A Censored Journalist Turns Spy
Last week was the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Among the amazing women in World War II was a reporter whose story of the bombing of Honolulu was so vivid the editor wouldn’t publish it. She went on to become a spy. Reporter Betty McIntosh was...
Chronicling America New Records – More Digital Newspapers Coming
Chronicling America has added four more states to its coverage–and opened the door to 150+ additional years of newspaper coverage. Chronicling America is the Library of Congress’ online portal for digitized newspapers. Here you can search nearly 11.4 million...
Premium Podcast Episode 139: Chris Cleave, WWII and More
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast episode 139 features best-selling novelist Chris Cleave, WWII newspaper tips, new Evernote vs. One Note comparisons and more! Genealogy Gems Premium members can dive into the days of World War II in the newly-released Premium episode...
Trove: Australia Digitized Newspapers and More
This free video (below) introduces Trove, The National Library of Australia’s online catalog and digital archive for all things Australian. If you have roots in Australia, I hope you are using Trove. When I first covered it in the Genealogy Gems podcast a while...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Here’s our weekly roundup of new genealogy records online! Check out British newspaper articles, England and Wales electoral registers, Great Lakes crew lists, Kentucky divorces, Russian church records and US city directories. BRITISH NEWSPAPERS. More than 3.7...