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When researching your family’s history, one of the best resources at your fingertips are old newspapers. There are paid sites such as genealogy bank and newspapers.com. However, one of my favorite resources happens to also be FREE and very helpful for anyone with ancestors from New York.
I have never tried anything like this before. I will definitely try it and hope I will have lots of fun doing it.
Ahhh interesting article, an ideal time with the lockdown to do some research to track the ancestry.
Wo, Such an interesting post and I would really want to track down my ancestors
I always wanted to track down ancestors. This is really helpful for researching ancestors. I learnt some new things about research as well.
More great tips. I can see where you would need to have the three Ts in doing this type of research especially tenacity! Weekends In Maine
I have a lot of friends and family who live in NYC and would love this article! Especially since we are in quarantine, all of us have time to do this type of research and learn more about our family.
This post remind me the detective movies or thriller movies.
My husband’s nephew really wants to dig deep into his ancestry. I will share this information with him. I hope I hear something exciting from him soon.
You always leave us with the goal of doing research. I always learn new things from your blog. Great job on your A-Z challenge. 🙂
Now is a great time to work on ancestry stuff! I will have to check out these resources.
What a wonderful resource! I can’t wait to dig in to old newspapers. I recently canceled my Wall Street Journal subscription because it’s just too expensive. I really appreciate newspapers, especially old ones. It helps to keep us grounded.
I love this! It’s like playing detective!
What a great, free resource for researching your ancestors. I haven’t had too much luck with some of the genealogy sites for my family’s history but I need to check if my state even has a resource like this.
thanks Valerie. i hope you are able to find a similar resource. so wonderful having it online versus having to go to libraries.