Win a One-Year Subscription to Archives.com, Footnote.com, and...
I've been a long-time subscriber to Woman's Day magazine and receive their e-newsletter as well, which usually includes various contests to win vacations, jewelry, cosmetics and the like. Imagine my...
View ArticleRecent Updates and New Pages for Titles Digitized by the LOC
I recently checked the Library of Congress' (LOC) Chronicling America website and found there were numerous titles I needed to update (the availability of years for a particular title) or add to my...
View ArticleWyoming New Page
I've just added a page for the state of Wyoming, with 186 titles from the Wyoming Newspaper Project! This makes 25 out of 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, that are now linked from the United...
View ArticleAlaska, Michigan, North Carolina, and Ohio New Pages and Updates
New Pages:Alaska - my newest state page is Alaska, with eight titles from GenealogyBank, 24 titles from NewspaperArchive, and one title from Tundra Times. This makes 26 states plus the District of...
View ArticleMore Newspapers Added: 380,000 Pages Added to Chronicling America, Including...
From the Library of Congress:On Sept 16, 2010, the Library of Congress added more than 380,000 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, including newspapers from 3 new states -...
View ArticleAncestry.com to Acquire iArchives
Press release from Ancestry.com announcing plans to buy iArchives, which includes Footnote.com:Leading Brand for American Historical ContentPROVO, Utah, September 23, 2010– Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:...
View ArticleAlabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana,...
I have been adding new information to the website, but have neglected to send out updates. Here's what's new:New PagesAlabama - with one title from Google News ArchiveConnecticut - with five titles...
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Online Historical Newspapers Galore!
If searching through online historical newspapers for your ancestors and relatives to enhance your family tree is a fun past time, you'll be excited to hear that two major online historical newspaper...
View ArticleAlabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,...
I have been adding quite a bit of links to the website the past four months, but have not taken the time to list the new pages and updates. It really is amazing how many digitized newspapers are out...
View ArticleCanada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Québec New Pages
Here are the new pages of links to Canada Online Historical Newspapers:Canada - with three out of 13 provinces/territories linkedNew Brunswick - with one title from Google News ArchiveNova Scotia -...
View ArticleAustralia, Australia Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Terrritory,...
Here are the new pages of links to Australia Online Historical Newspapers:Australia - with eight out of nine states/territories linkedAustralia Capital Territory - with two new titles from Australia...
View ArticleMéxico and Ciudad de México New Pages
Here are the new pages of links to Mexico Online Historical Newspapers:Mexico - with one out of 31 states and one federal district linkedCiudad de México - with one new link to Google News Archive
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News from Google News Archive and Chronicling America
Google News Archive is ending their newspaper digitization project:We work closely with newspaper partners on a number of initiatives, and as part of the Google News Archives digitization program we...
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I'm a Guest on GeneaBloggers Talk Radio!
I'm honored to be one of two guests being interviewed on Thomas MacEntee's GeneaBloggers Talk Radio tonight, Friday the 12th, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, PDT. The topic will be "Read All About It! Newspapers...
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NEH Announces $3.8 Million for 2011 NDNP Awards, Including Three New States
From the Library of Congress:The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on July 27, 2011 awards totaling $3.8 million to 13 institutions representing their states in the National...
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Kansas Historical Society to Digitize 100,000 Pages of Newspapers
From the Topeka Capital-Journal:Kansas has been awarded additional funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue its participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program,...
View ArticleAlabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,...
Here are updates from late August to the present:United States - two new states added (South Dakota and Wisconsin), bringing the total to 45 out of 50 states Alabama - four new titles from Birmingham...
View ArticleSouth Dakota and Wisconsin New Pages
Here are the latest new pages:South Dakota - with eight titles from GenealogyBankWisconsin - with one title from The Timber News
View ArticleWyoming Newspaper Project Now Complete
I received the following from the Erin Kinney, Digital Initiatives Librarian at the Wyoming State Library:On December 15th, the Wyoming Newspaper Project reached a milestone--the last reel from the...
View ArticleAlabama, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, New...
Here are new pages and updates from mid-November 2011 to the present: New PagesBritish Columbia, Canada - with 26 titles from the University of British Columbia (free) New Jersey - with six titles from...
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