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People lie, and so do documents
It’s not uncommon to find records that have intentionally incorrect dates and other information on them. One situation in particular which is common is in passenger manifests for people coming from...
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Genealogy Basics: Historical Newspapers
There is a wealth of genealogical information buried in the stacks of old newspaper stored in various libraries worldwide. Depending on whether you live in the same place as your ancestors, accessing...
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency Archives Go Online
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), a news agency that has been covering news of the Jewish community worldwide since 1917 has released a searchable archive, dubbed the JTA Jewish News Archive, of...
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Finding local records
A recent tweet by Leland Meitzler caught my eye, linking to a post on his blog GenealogyBlog.com, that referenced an article by Allison Carter about researching roots in Newton, MA. I grew up in the...
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The Ring of Trust
Illustration from 1891 article describing Jewish wedding in Pennsylvania For those who have never looked at my bio on the right side of this page, my last name is Trauring. I’ve written a bit about...
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Newly searchable newspapers in Belgium
The Royal Library of Belgium has scanned and indexed ten historical newspapers from Belgium, and set up a search interface for them called BelgicaPress.The newspapers currently include: Courrier De...
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I’ve long been an advocate of using newspapers in genealogy research. I’ve had particular success using newspapers in my research, and advocate for others to use them as well, as far back as my...
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