Posts about using primary sources for genealogy research. Primary sources are created at the time of an event, such as birth, marriage, and death records.

15 Nov 2011

Latest Additions to Chronicling America Newspaper Database

By |15 Nov 2011|Digital Collections, Newspapers|2 Comments

The latest additions to Chronicling America Newspaper Database happened last week. The Library of Congress updated the Chronicling America Web site with more than 190,000 additional newspaper pages in various titles. The site now [...]

18 Oct 2011

Tombstone Tuesday: Major Harry Winfield Schenck

By |18 Oct 2011|Cemetery Records, World War II|0 Comments

Tombstone Tuesday: Major Harry Winfield Schenck is about visiting  the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery at West Point. Over 100 notables are buried there, but I wanted to pay my respects at the grave of [...]

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