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New Articles Update

We have added 14 new articles to our site:
5 Free Websites for Learning Genealogy Research Places to learn more about genealogy for all skills levels
10 U.S. Census Tips For Genealogy Research Useful tips for locating your ancestor on the census
Common Genealogy Jargon Definitions of common terms used in genealogy research
How to Use the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Steps to finding old county boundaries to further your research
Ideas for Finding a Woman’s Maiden Name If you’re having difficulty finding a maiden name in genealogical records, here are 9 possible sources to look for
The Need for Examining Original Documents in Genealogy Why doing a check of the original document images is useful
U.S. Census Basics An overview of the types of census records available and what information they contain
Using and Finding U.S. Church Records Types of church records and how to find them
Using Civil War Pension Files The value of Civil War pension files are and how to locate them
Using Land Deeds and Plats Tips for using land deeds and plats for U.S. genealogy research
Using Old U.S. County History Books About county histories and how to use them
Using Tax Records for U.S. Genealogy Basic information about how tax records can be used to learn more about your ancestors
Using U.S. City Directories Basics of using U.S. city directories in genealogy research
Using World War I and II Draft Registration Cards Draft registration cards and their uses in genealogy research

Website update

We corrected broken links throughout the site. We added a few records that were suggested to us by our site users. We also added a year limit tool on the larger pages so that you can see just the records that include the year that applies to your particular search. We hope these changes will be helpful.

Genealogy Record Listing Update

We made many changes to the site over the last couple of weeks. We fixed some errors in the links and their titles that we located.
We changed the newspaper pages so that the US Newspaper Directory newspapers are listed at the bottom of the newspaper section so that it’s easier to locate the online newspapers first.
We added more information to the city pages so that the most significant records for the county are also listed on each city page.
We made small editing changes to many of the articles.
We changed the name of the Brick Wall Ancestor Series to be Brick Wall Case Studies instead so that it was more clear what the articles are about.
We added the latest newspapers from Newspapers.com, Genealogy Bank, and Chronicling America.
We’re now up to 1,114,893 records in our directory!