Family bibles are a treasure for genealogists and often recorded important events like births, deaths, and marriages. Family bibles were especially popular in the 1700s
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Do you have a woman in your family tree whose married surname you know, but you don’t know the one she was born with? If

27 Sep 1919, Sat The Star Press (Muncie, Indiana) Newspapers.com Birth announcements, marriage announcements, and obituaries are invaluable in family history research, but those certainly

Passenger lists are important records for tracing immigrant ancestors. Before air travel became more common in the 1950s, ships were the primary mode of intercontinental
Have you come across an occupation in a census record that you’ve never heard of before? Many of our ancestors held jobs that are rare

Have you ever searched for an ancestor’s name on Newspapers.com™ but not gotten a hit, even though you suspect a match should be there? There

14 Jul 1934, Sat The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com Newspapers can be an incredible resource for family history research. Not only do they have

Mon, May 9, 1904 – 1 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com Finding an ancestor mentioned by name in a newspaper can feel
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the first phase of our Newspapers.com Marriage Index collection. The Marriage Index collection is a searchable archive

Have you found a marriage announcement on Newspapers.com that led to a genealogy breakthrough? For some of us (like me), uncovering long sought after information