Newspapers are one of the most valuable sources for finding information about our ancestors. Happily, Newspapers.com is offering free access this weekend, through February 17, 2020, 11:59 Mountain Time. Click on this link to register and start searching. Good luck!
Local History Librarian Jenny Barry shares some of the quirkiest newspaper headlines and articles she’s encountered in her years researching Libertyville’s history. Visit our local history page to discover your own oddities in Cook Library’s newspaper archives!
At our recent Genealogy Networking Group this week we spent a great deal of time going through Family Tree Magazine’s list of top 101 genealogy websites. Some of the ones we examined were: Mooseroots. This is the kind of site you can get lost in for hours at a time. Mooseroost searches lots of other websites…
Are you a fan of using newspapers in your genealogy research? If so, check out the Old Fulton NY Post Cards website, one of, if not the, largest free digital newspaper websites out there. Old Fulton NY is a one-man-show run by Tom Tryniski, a retired engineer with a high school education and a passion…
Cook Library has two databases you can use to find Chicago obituaries. Patrons most often use the Chicago Tribune Historical Database for Chicago research. The less frequently used is called Chicago Tribune Historical Archive but it’s one you don’t want to overlook. Here’s why: Chicago Tribune Historical Archive has access to 2.5 million obituaries and death notices.…
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