About a month ago, I accidentally came across a genealogy website called GenealogyBank. Ever since then, I get occasional email from them that tells me about resources that have been added to their website. They recently added 25 million new records. GenealogyBank.com describes itself as “The Largest Newspaper Archive for Family History Research”. You can use the search engine on the website to start your search for information about your ancestors. Type in your ancestor’s first name and surname, and it will search over 6,100 United States newspapers and 1 billion records for you. I originally came across GenealogyBank after … Continue reading →

Every now and then, Ancestry.com gives free access to parts of their vast online genealogy resource collection. Right now, in celebration of the completion of the indexing of the 1940 United States Census, Ancestry.com is offering free access to those records. I decided to take a look and see who I could find from my family. It did not take long before I found my paternal grandmother, who was seventeen years old at the time of the 1940 Census. It was fun to see her record, because I learned that she was one of six children. She went on to … Continue reading →

Recently, I came across a genealogy website called GenealogyBank. I followed some links, and ended up using it to locate the obituary of one of my relatives. Today, I learned that GenealogyBank has added 17 Million records. Unfortunately for me, those records cannot be accessed for free. I have been working on putting together my family tree in my so called “spare time”. The going is slow, mostly because I have way too many other projects right now. Another thing that is slowing me down is that I keep running into genealogy websites that appear to be free to use, … Continue reading →