"Do you have obituaries for all your relatives who have died in the past 40 years or so? You should." Obituaries--even...
Fire Up Your Genealogy Research with Recent Obituaries
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Newspaper Articles
5 Most Popular Searches in Historical Newspapers–and Tips for Improving Yours!
The British Newspaper Archive celebrated its 3rd birthday recently by looking back at how people are searching its 9...
What to Do When Genealogy Records Were Burned
Recently Sue from Elk Grove, Illinois wrote in with a question about what to do when records were lost due to fire (or...
Read History As It Was Written via Chronicling America
If you research ancestors in the U.S., you've probably already used the Library of Congress' Chronicling America...
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 115 Features 10 Cool Things You Can Do With Evernote
If you're a Premium member on our site, you can now access Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 115, "Newspapers,...
New Editions of Old Papers Now at the British Newspaper Archive
More than 8.5 million newspaper pages from 1710-1954 are now available to search at The British Newspaper...
12 Things You Can Find in Obituaries
Recently I decided to learn more about my great-uncle Paul McClellan, my grandfather's brother. After World War II,...
German Newspapers in America: Read All About Them!
Do you have German roots in the U.S.? Have you ever looked for them in newspapers? The folks who run Chronicling...
The Wife Swapping Scandal That Made for One Complicated Family Tree!
A spontaneous idea one evening in the summer of 1972 led to a very complicated family tree and a scandal that rocked...