Genealogy can be fun and educational | Learn how to use old newspapers to build a family tree | Enhanced Google News Archive List |
In the last blog post "Lester G Hansen - Ludington, Michigan", I said I would look into how the various trees, that have Hansen's on them, are connected. I created a folder to hold the various loose folders that I had to review; Hans I, James, and John Jorgen Heilsen Hansen and I used this... Continue Reading →
Many people have asked about the Enhanced Newspaper collection for USA only so I decided to post the link on top of the blog home page. https://newspaperproject2012.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/table-of-states-2-sep-2017.pdf
Don’t forget to include all your relatives on your tree, even the unmarried ones. I saw an obituary for a Miss Romelia Beebe, age 93 in a 1963 Google News Archive newspaper collection. Upon closer inspection I noticed that they had the date wrong on their collection title. The actual date of the newspaper is... Continue Reading →
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