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Family Bible Finds in the Newspapers!

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

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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6 Reasons You May Not Be Getting the Results You Want on Newspapers.com™

May 10, 2022May 6, 2022

The Newspapers.com™ search and its accompanying filters make it easier than ever to find what you’re looking for in newspapers. But there can be instances

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Using Newspapers to Uncover Women’s Birth Surnames

March 22, 2022March 17, 2022

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

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The Star Press, Sep 27, 1919
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5 Unexpected Genealogy Goldmines You Can Find in Newspapers

January 27, 2022February 3, 2022

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

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No Matches? 5 Strategies to Try Next on Newspapers.com™

April 23, 2021April 22, 2021

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

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The Pittsburgh Courier, Jul 14, 1934
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A Step-By-Step Guide to Newspaper Family History Research

February 25, 2021February 24, 2021

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

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Boston Globe, May 9, 1904
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5 Ways to Learn about Ancestors You Can’t Find in the Newspaper

January 19, 2021January 18, 2021

Mon, May 9, 1904 – 1 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com Finding an ancestor mentioned by name in a newspaper can feel

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Search the World’s Largest Archive of Historical Wedding Announcements

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

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

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How (and Why) to Use Our Clipping & Embed Tools

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

The Clipping and Embed tools on Newspapers.com make it easy to save and share what you find on our site. Here’s what you need to

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Newspaper Marriage Announcements: Using the Language of Love to Break Down Genealogical Walls

October 14, 2020October 15, 2020

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

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