48 More Newspapers Added to GenealogyBank

Here are the recently added newspapers from GenealogyBank:

Kodiak Daily Mirror (Kodiak, AK)
Death Notices: 02/01/2010 – Current

Birmingham Times (Birmingham, AL)
Death Notices: 04/01/2010 – Current

Pinal Nugget, The (San Manuel, AZ)
Death Notices:  05/14/2010 – Current

Midway Driller (Taft, CA)
Death Notices: 10/05/2009 – Current

Oakland Post, The (Oakland, CA)
Death Notices: 03/28/2010 – Current

Milford Beacon (Milford, DE)
Death Notices: 10/23/2009 – Current

Times-Herald, The (Newnan, GA)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Abbeville Meridional (Abbeville, LA)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Rayne Acadian-Tribune (Rayne, LA)
Death Notices: 10/06/2009 – Current

Richland Beacon-News (Rayville, LA)
Death Notices: 10/08/2009 – Current

Hanson Express (Hanson, MA)
Death Notices: 05/06/2010 – Current

North Attleborough Free Press, The (North Attleborough, MA)
Death Notices: 10/03/2009 – Current

Coldwater Daily Reporter (Coldwater, MI)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Jefferson Post (West Jefferson, NC)
Death Notices: 10/05/2009 – Current

Atlanticville (Long Branch, Oakhurst, NJ)
Death Notices: 12/29/2009 – Current

East Brunswick Sentinel (East Brunswick, NJ)
Death Notices: 01/20/2010 – Current

Examiner (Millstone, Englishtown, Allentown, NJ)
Death Notices: 03/08/2010 – Current

Hub, The (Red Bank, NJ)
Death Notices: 01/05/2010 – Current

Independent, The (Middletown, Hazlet, NJ)
Death Notices: 01/05/2010 – Current

North-South Brunswick Sentinel (North Brunswick, South Brunswick, NJ)
Death Notices: 01/13/2010 – Current

Suburban (Old Bridge, NJ)
Death Notices: 01/06/2010 – Current

Tri-Town News (Howell, Jackson, Lakewood, Plumstead, NJ)
Death Notices: 01/16/2010 – Current

Daily Sparks Tribune, The (Sparks, NV)
Death Notices: 11/12/2009 – Current

Cooperstown Crier, The (Cooperstown, NY)
Death Notices: 04/21/2010 – Current

Courier, The (Bath, NY)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Journal-Register, The (Medina, NY)
Death Notices: 03/17/2010 – Current

Long Beach Herald (Long Beach, NY)
Death Notices: 04/01/2010 – Current

Lynbrook – East Rockaway Herald (Lynbrook, NY)
Death Notices: 03/28/2010 – Current

Riverdale Press, The (Bronx, NY)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Villager, The (New York, NY)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Antlers American, The (Antlers, OK)
Death Notices: 03/27/2010 – Current

Express Star, The (Chickasha, OK)
Death Notices: 03/17/2010 – Current

Daily Press, The (St. Marys, PA)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Dispatch, The (Walterboro, SC)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Blount Today (Maryville, TN)
Death Notices: 12/23/2009 – Current

Morgan County News (Wartburg, TN)
Death Notices: 04/22/2010 – Current

Bay City Tribune, The (Bay City, TX)
Death Notices: 10/03/2009 – Current

Greenville Herald-Banner (Greenville, TX)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Northeast Herald (San Antonio, TX)
Death Notices: 10/18/2009 – Current

Journal Press, The (King George, VA)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Shenandoah Valley-Herald (Woodstock, VA)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Valley Banner, The (Elkton, VA)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Warren Sentinel (Front Royal, VA)
Death Notices: 01/16/2010 – Current

Progress-Index, The (Petersburg, VA)
Obituaries:10/31/2001 – 08/29/2005
Death Notices: 11/05/2001 – 08/29/2005

Statesman-Examiner (Colville, WA)
Death Notices: 10/08/2009 – Current

Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW (Brookfield, WI)
Death Notices: 10/04/2009 – Current

Kettle Moraine Index (Dousman, WI)
Death Notices: 10/02/2009 – Current

Oconomowoc Enterprise (Oconomowoc, WI)
Death Notices: 03/27/2010 – Current

Sussex Sun (Hartland, WI)
Death Notices: 10/03/2009 – Current

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Challenge #26 – 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy

Here’s your weekly challenge: Google Books

View the entire description of this week’s challenge, by using my Examiner.com, Phoenix Genealogy Examiner link. Click here.

Remember to choose only the challenges that suit you and fit into your schedule.  These challenges are meant to be a blessing, not a burden!

Amy Coffin of the We Tree blog has put together the helpful 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy series. These prompts are hosted on the GeneaBloggers website. You may be interested in seeing posts about the challenge from other GeneaBloggers. Both sites have been voted among Family Tree Magazine’s Top 40 Genealogy Websites this year.
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Irish Genealogy

Irishgenealogy.ie is a site where you can search over 1.3 million pre-1900 church records free of charge.  This site has recently added even more records that can be searched free of charge.  To access the site, click here.

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Familysearch.org Adds 26 Million New Names

Familysearch.org announced that there are “26 Million New Names Added for Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, Spain, and the U.S.”

“Twenty-nine new collections were updated or added this week at FamilySearch.org—with 26 million names and 1.5 million digital images!”

Click here for the full description and directions on how to access these newly posted records.

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Find A Grave

You can search 47 million grave records on findagrave.com.  You can search for famous graves or graves of your ancestors.  If you are looking for a grave try this website.

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Challenge #25 – 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy

Here’s your weekly challenge:  Blog Comments

WELCOME TO ALL VISITORS FROM THIS WEEKS BLOG CHALLENGE!
Be sure to see our other posts.
I hope you’ll enjoy your visit and become a follower.

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GenealogyBank Adds More Newspapers Online

The following newspapers have been added to GenealogyBank.  You may want to take a look!

Dearborn County Register, The (Lawrenceburg, IN)
04/19/2010 – Current

Ohio County News, The – Rising Sun Recorder (Rising Sun, IN)
05/01/2010 – Current

Salem News, The (Beverly, MA)
05/12/2010 – Current

Advocate Tribune (Granite Falls, MN)
10/02/2009 – Current

Montevideo American-News (Montevido, MN)
10/02/2009 – Current

Redwood Falls Gazette (Redwood Falls, MN)
10/03/2009 – Current

St. James Plaindealer (St. James, MN)
10/02/2009 – Current

Hackensack Chronicle (Hackensack, NJ)
10/02/2009 – Current

Mahwah Suburban News (Mahwah, NJ)
10/02/2009 – Current

News Transcript (Manalapan, NJ)
03/10/2010 – Current

Teaneck Suburbanite (Teaneck, NJ)
10/02/2009 – Current

Twin-Boro News (Bergenfield, Dumont, New Milford, NJ)
10/02/2009 – Current

Verona-Cedar Grove Times (Verona, Cedar Grove, NJ)
10/02/2009 – Current

Batavian, The (Batavia, NY)
03/28/2010 – Current

Daily Star, The (Oneonta, NY)
04/21/2010 – Current

Forward, The (New York, NY)
10/04/2009 – Current

Livingston County News (Geneseo, NY)
03/27/2010 – Current

Niagara Gazette (Niagara Falls, NY)
05/08/2010 – Current

Press-Republican (Plattsburgh, NY)
01/28/2010 – Current

Tonawanda News (North Tonawanda, Tonawanda, NY)
03/17/2010 – Current

Union-Sun & Journal (Lockport, NY)
03/23/2010 – Current

Tahlequah Daily Press (Tahlequah, OK)
05/06/2010 – Current

Waurika News Democrat (Waurika, OK)
03/27/2010 – Current

Woodward News (Woodward, OK)
05/01/2010 – Current

Keizertimes (Keizer, OR)
10/24/2009 – Current

Daily Item, The (Sunbury, PA)
04/22/2010 – Current

Tribune-Democrat, The (Johnstown, PA)
01/18/2010 – Current

Georgetown Times, The (Georgetown, SC)
10/02/2009 – Current

Crossville Chronicle (Crossville, TN)
06/09/2010 – Current

Athens Daily Review (Athens, TX)
02/04/2010 – Current

Cedar Creek Pilot (Gun Barrel City, TX)
05/12/2010 – Current

Commerce Journal (Commerce, TX)
02/17/2010 – Current

Huntsville Item, The (Huntsville, TX)
02/19/2010 – Current

Jacksonville Daily Progress (Jacksonville, TX)
02/05/2010 – Current

Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, TX)
02/15/2010 – Current

Port Arthur News (Port Arthur, TX)
12/27/2009 – Current

Rockwall County Herald Banner (Greenville, TX)
03/27/2010 – Current

Royse City Herald Banner (Royse City, TX)
03/28/2010 – Current

Weatherford Democrat, The (Weatherford, TX)
02/03/2010 – Current

Wichita Falls Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX)
02/27/2010 – Current

Stafford County Sun (Stafford, VA)
10/07/2009 – Current

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Ancestry.com Will Acquire Sweden’s Genline.se

Ancestry.com has announced an agreement to acquire Genline.se.  The deal should be finalized in July according to Ancestry’s blog.  If you have Swedish ancestors, this may benefit you!  New records available will include “a collection of Swedish church records that contain more than 26 million digitized pages of records spanning more than 400 years from the 16^th to the 20^th century.  These records consist of birth/baptismal, confirmation, marriage, death/burial, church ledgers and household examination rolls.”

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Free Access to U.S. Civil War Records-This Month Only

Footnote.com is offering free access to their U.S. Civil War records for this month only.  Some of the records available include service records, pension records, battle maps, photos, and census records.  In order to view the images for free, you will be asked to register and agree to footnote’s terms and conditions.  If you have ancestors that served in the U.S. Civil War, you may want to check this out.

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Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, and U.S. Records Added to Familysearch.org

Here is the official article released by Familysearch:

Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, and U.S. Records Added

Twenty two (22) new collections were updated or added this week at FamilySearch.org—over 11 million new, free indexed names and images from original source records!

This week the complete U.S. 1910 Federal Census name indexes for Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, and Texas were published online at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot (FamilySearch.org, click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot) or Beta.FamilySearch.org.

Massachusetts death records and Minnesota probate court wills were also added to U.S. collections.

Also released were collections for Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain!

See the chart below for the complete list of all the newly added or improved collections.

None of this would be possible without the great contributions of many online FamilySearch volunteers. These individuals donate the time and effort needed to make these collections freely available to FamilySearch patrons. If you would like to help by donating a few minutes here and there online with projects of personal interest, become a FamilySearch community volunteer at FamilySearchIndexing.org. Many hands produce great work. Thank you for your support!

Collection Name	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Brazil, Paraiba, Registro Civil [Part 2]		532,000	New Images
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration		665,000	New Images
Canada, British Columbia, Deaths 1872-1986 [Part 4]	5,000		Updated Index
Canada, Nova Scotia, Antigonish Diocese 1823-1905	92,000	9,000	New Index and Images
Czech Republic, Trebon, State Regional Archive Church Records 1650-1900 [Part 2]		112,552	New images
Guatemala, Sagrario, Catholic Church Records, Baptisms, 1898-1920	19,000	2,000	New Index and images
Mexico, Yucatan 1930 Census	35,000		New index to published images
Spain, Barcelona, Vich, Civil Registration		11,000	Images & WP
Spain, Barcelona Civil Registration Pt 2		1,000	Images & WP
Spain, Barcelona Civil Registration Pt 3		2,000	Images & WP
Spain, Cordoba, Civil Registration		4,000	Images & WP
Spain, Málaga, Civil Registration		22,000	Images & WP
Spain, Ripoll (Girona), Municipal Records		53,000	Images & WP
US Federal Census, 1910, Arkansas	1,421,000		Index only
US Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut	955,000		Index only
US Federal Census, 1910, District of Columbia	356,000		Index only
US Federal Census, 1910, Indiana	2,957,000		Index only
US Federal Census, 1910, Nevada	91,000		Index only
US Federal Census, 1910, New Jersey	267,000		Index only
US Federal Census, 1910, Texas	4,000,000		Index only
US, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1913 v. 50-53	2,000	2,000	New index and imag
US, Minnesota, Probate Court Wills 1849-1918 – Part 1	37,000

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