9 March 2023
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10 Best Strategies for Researching 'Brick Wall' Ancestors - Heart of the Family
Are you stuck on a difficult family history research problem? Take a look at these 10 strategies to see if one (or more) of them can help you break through your genealogy brick wall!
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Are you looking for historical clothing for the Renaissance Faire, a living history reenactment, LARP, or a costume party? Check out our list of historical clothing retailers!
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19th-Century Mormon Article Newspaper Index - BYU Library
5,800 newspaper articles dealing with the Mormons or with the territory or state of Utah between 1831
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5 Resources To Trace Your Ancestors That Immigrated To Hawaii - Heritage Discovered
If you have ancestors who were immigrants to Hawaii, these resources will help you learn their hometown, when they arrived, and more.
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Ancestry.com - Search Newspapers & Publications
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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Lithuania and Latvia: List of Donors to Charity from HaMelitz, 1893 -1903
An index to lists of names and announcements that were printed in the Hebrew newspaper HaMelitz during the years 1893 to 1903.
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A new genealogy online software (coming soon) that will finally meet the needs of LGBTQ families, adoptions, step-families, transgender, non-binary, and everyone else. This is software built for us.
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Border Force National Museum - Seized! The Border and Customs uncovered
The museum at Merseyside, England has an associated library which includes resources of interest to the family historian researching their excise officer or customs official ancestors. Previously known as the HM Customs & Excise National Museum.
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The Archive is a project of the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA), a non-profit alliance of archives and libraries collaborating in support of the mission to provide enduring global access to Catholic research resources.
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CristaCowan.com - The Barefoot Genealogist
Ancestry's Corporate Genealogist, speaker, YouTube content creator, and featured researcher in pajamas & pedigrees™.
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David Ballard Browne's Genealogy Blog
Personal genealogy blog of the Ballard family of Kent, United Kingdom. Includes records, research, photographs and genetic research.
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DePauw University - Methodist Publications
The Hoosier United Methodist and Hoosier United Methodists Together are monthly newspapers published by the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1971. They contain articles about people and activities of the church and its congregations.
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Detroit Jewish News Foundation
Endowed by the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History Fund, every page of both the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Detroit Jewish News, beginning in 1916, is fully searchable, fast and free.
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Généalogie Knecht, Meyer, Ruffenach
La plus grande partie de mes recherches, concerne la famille Ruffenach de Dabo, dont les plus lointaines branches proviennent du canton de berne en Suisse.
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Genealogy of the Maritime Provinces (NB,NS, and PEI) (Facebook)
Facebook Group for those doing research in the Maritimes Provinces. Helpful links, guides and discussions.
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From the Digital Library of Georgia.
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Searchable issues from 1929 to 1958 and from 1984 to 1986.
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GG Archives Is Your Trusted Resource for Immigration, Military, and Ocean Travel, as well as Fashions and the Epicurean Life Style of Past Eras.
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Historic Arkansas Case Law and Extras
Links to historic Arkansas Case Law and Extras as housed on the Advancing Genealogist website.
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Historic Arkansas Statutory Law
Links to historic Arkansas Statutory Law as housed on the Advancing Genealogist website.
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Jewish newspapers from different countries, 145 titles, 1783
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Historical Jewish Press - National Library of Israel and University of Tel Aviv
This site contains a collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods. We display digital versions of each paper, making it possible to view the papers in their original layout. Full-text search is also available for all content published over the course of each newspaper
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A macOS app for exhaustive family tree charts
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The International Slavery Museum highlights the international importance of slavery, both in a historic and contemporary context. Working in partnership with other museums with a focus on freedom and enslavement, the museum provides opportunities for greater awareness and understanding of the legacy of slavery today. It is located in Liverpool's Albert Dock, at the centre of a World Heritage site and only yards away from the dry docks where 18th century slave trading ships were repaired and fitted out.
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Free and independent guide to finding your Irish ancestors
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Jewish Sentinel - Illinois Digital Archives
The Sentinel was the premier Jewish weekly in Chicago, published from 1911 to 1996.
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JewishGen - The Boston Jewish Advocate 'Seeking Kin' Database
A database of names and other information extracted from 5,000
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JewishGen - The Houston Jewish Herald-Voice Database
Since September 1908, Houston, Texas, has had a weekly newspaper which covers Jewish events in the Houston area and much of Texas. It has been published under several different names during this period, but has been the Jewish Herald-Voice for many years.
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Laney Clan USA organization is open to anyone with the Laney surname and their families (or variants like Leany, etc.). The purpose of the Laney Clan USA is to identify how we are related and to have fun. We publish a newsletter (Laney Notes & Quotes), hold reunions, have a Laney tree in Ancestry and can help with your Laney ancestry questions.
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MarieB's Genealogy Blog--Southeastern USA
Blogging(since 2004) about research on the ACUFF, COOK(E), FRIZZELL, HALE, JAKES, KING, LUNA, PITTMAN and many other families of Tennessee, USA. Researching those families including the collateral lines by using every source available including DNA.
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Liverpool, England.
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These biographical sketches are of Acadian and Cajun ancestors. The women featured in this blog are from Acadia in the 1600s through the deportation to the North American Colonies and France to the immigration to and and settlement in Louisiana in the 1700s and 1800s.
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MyHeritage - The Jewish Chronicle $
The Jewish Chronicle is the oldest and most influential Jewish newspaper in England. Founded in 1841, The Jewish Chronicle - often known as the JC - has many birth, marriage and death announcements. MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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Newspaper Digital Collection for the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica
From the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries. Anniversary editions of 25 Jewish newspapers, 1904-1973.
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Obituary Daily Times (ODT) is a volunteer project for sharing information about obituaries. It is an index listing the name and some information about the deceased, plus the name and date of the publication that published the obituary. We need volunteers to index obituaries from their favorite publications.
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Searchable, from its beginning in 1922 through 1994.
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Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project is composed of the Jewish Criterion (1895-1962), the American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), the Jewish Chronicle (1962-2010), and the Y-JCC series (1926-1975).
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Pittsburgh Jewish Newspapers - Carnegie Mellon University Digital Collections
Free, searchable fulltext archive that documents the history and life of the Jewish community in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. To date, it is a digital archive of The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962) and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-present).
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Saints' Herald was the newspaper of the RLDS (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), which has more recently become the Community of Christ. Issues are searchable.
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Shared DNA Matches - the only DNA Tool You will Ever Need (RootsTech)
by Diahan Southard
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ShipIndex.org: a vessel research database $
ShipIndex.org simplifies vessel research. Whether you’re a genealogist, a maritime historian, a researcher, or just curious, we can help you learn more about the ships that interest you. We tell you which maritime resources, such as books, journals, magazines, newspapers, CD-ROMs, websites, and online databases mention the ships that interest you. We enhance these references by noting which ones include illustrations or crew and passenger lists, and where you can find or purchase the resource.
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Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR)
A yearly institute from the Texas State Genealogical Society.
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Since 1833, the Biblical Recorder has served as a news outlet for North Carolina Baptists. The organization was founded by Thomas Meredith, an early pastor, writer and denominational statesman in North Carolina.
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The Biblical Recorder, 1834-1970 - ZSR Library
The Biblical Recorder is the official journal of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. Currently published biweekly, it has been in existence since 1833, when it was founded by Thomas Meredith, a Baptist pastor in New Bern, North Carolina. The Z. Smith Reynolds Library's North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection is the official repository for North Carolina Baptist churches and institutions.
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The BOVEN Family Genealogy (Facebook)
The Dutch BOVEN family worldwide, generally the Netherlands and North America. Includes many resources for family historians and genealogists.
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The Canadian Jewish News (CJN) is Canada's largest weekly Jewish newspaper. Published in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
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The Catholic (Google News Archive)
51 issues, Oct 22, 1830 - Oct 14, 1831. Kingston, Upper Canada.
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The Catholic Press (Google News Archive)
121 issues, Jul 11, 1829 - Jun 28, 1832. Hartford, Connecticut.
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The Catholic Record (Google News Archive)
18 issues, Jan 14, 1881 - Sep 17, 1910.
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London, England.
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The leaving of Liverpool | National Museums Liverpool
Emigration from the port of Liverpool during the mid Nineteenth century.
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The Pittsburgh Catholic -Duquesne University, Gumberg Library
March 16, 1844-March 9, 2001.
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UFDC Home - Judaica Anniversary Collection
The Price Library of Judaica Anniversary Collection represents the first stage of a project to digitize a unique and important collection of over 200 anniversary editions of Jewish newspapers held in the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica.
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University of Dundee - Centre for Archive and Information Studies - Family and Local History
The Centre for Archive and Information Studies offers a number of courses in family and local history ranging from a full postgraduate Masters to short beginners courses. Located in Dundee, Scotland.
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Kimberly Ormsby Nagy, MD PLCGS - Genealogical Speaker and Lineage Society Specialist. Also specializes in research in the Great Lakes States - especially Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and research in Colonial New England.
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Your Ancestry Photos has a brand new website. Check out the homepage and instruction page if you like. Then put your family surname (for each line) in the Google Search box (that appears on each page). We have thousands of 1800s photographs and they all have names and/or dates. The photos are divided into groups depending on the number of surnames in each photo.
