Friday, June 8, 2007

New Content on GenealogyBank

I got a press release from Tom Kemp of www.GenealogyBank.com. He sent this list of new content in May 2007: 43 newspaper titles from 25 States:

State ----- City -------- Title ---------- Dates ------------------ Collection

** AZ -- Flagstaff -- Arizona Daily Sun - 5/1/2005 to current -- America's Obituaries
** CA -- San Francisco -- San Francisco Bulletin -- 3/2/1860 to 4/30/1868 -- Historical Newspapers
** CT -- Watertown -- Town Times -- 8/31/2006 to current -- America's Obituaries
** DC -- Washington -- Washington Jewish Week -- 6/21/2005 to current -- America's Obituaries
** FL -- Boca Raton -- Boca Raton News -- 3/2/2006 to current -- America's Obituaries
** FL -- Clermont -- South Lake Press -- 7/13/2005 to current -- America's Obituaries
** FL -- Leesburg -- Daily Commercial -- 12/1/2005 to current -- America's Obituaries
** FL -- Miami -- Miami Herald Record -- 3/7/1919 to 6/4/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** FL -- Sebring -- News Sun -- 4/14/2005 to current -- America's Obituaries
** GA -- Columbus -- Columbus Daily Enquirer -- 7/9/1913 to 10/14/1913 -- Historical Newspapers
** GA -- Columbus -- Columbus Ledger-Enquirer -- 3/15/1916 to 12/08/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** GA -- Macon -- Macon Telegraph -- 1/1/1905 to 4/30/1905 -- Historical Newspapers
** ID -- Boise -- Idaho Statesman -- 5/1/1906 to 12/31/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** IL -- Belleville -- Belleville News Democrat -- 12/11/1918 to 8/17/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** IL -- Chicago -- Inter Ocean -- 1/4/1886 to 12/31/1890 -- Historical Newspapers
** KY -- Lexington -- Lexington Herald -- 5/1/1921 to 5/31/1921 --Historical Newspapers
** MD -- Baltimore -- Sun -- 12/5/1892 to 10/22/1900-- Historical Newspapers
** MD -- Easton -- Star Democrat-- 11/13/2005 to current -- America's Obituaries
** MI -- Big Rapids -- Pioneer -- 4/2/2007 to current -- America's Obituaries
** MI -- Manistee -- Manistee News Advocate -- 3/1/2007 to current -- America's Obituaries
** MN -- Duluth -- Duluth News-Tribune -- 5/1/1905 to 8/31/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** MO -- Belton -- Star Herald -- 12/14/2006 to current --America's Obituaries
** MO -- Hannibal -- Hannibal Courier Post -- 12/9/1997 to current -- America's Obituaries
** MO -- Kansas City -- Kansas City Star -- 10/25/1909 to 6/30/1921 -- Historical Newspapers
** MS -- Biloxi -- Daily Herald -- 7/1/1907 to 6/30/1916 -- Historical Newspapers
** NC -- Roxboro -- Courier Times -- 11/22/2006 to current -- America's Obituaries
** ND -- Grand Forks -- Grand Forks Herald -- 9/12/1920 to 11/20/1920 -- Historical Newspapers
** NE -- Omaha -- Omaha World Herald -- 5/1/1893 to 3/31/1900 -- Historical Newspapers
** OR -- Astoria -- Daily Astorian -- 5/28/2002 to current -- America's Obituaries
** OR -- Enterprise -- Wallowa County Chiefton -- 6/13/2002 to current -- America's Obituaries
** OR -- John Day -- Blue Mountain Eagle -- 8/1/2002 to current -- America's Obituaries
** OR -- Pendleton -- East Oregonian -- 7/11/2002 to current -- America's Obituaries
** PA -- Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes-Barre Times -- 1/17/1913 to 8/31/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** RI -- Charlestown -- Charlestown Press -- 8/3/2006 to current -- America's Obituaries
** RI -- Hopkinton -- Wood River Press -- 8/3/2006 to current -- America's Obituaries
** SD -- Aberdeen -- Aberdeen American -- 3/27/1915 to 7/16/1915 -- Historical Newspapers
** SD -- Aberdeen -- Aberdeen Daily News -- 2/22/1917 to 7/21/1917 --Historical Newspapers
** TX -- Fort Worth -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram -- 4/1916 to 10/25/1916 -- Historical Newspapers
** WA -- Bellingham -- Bellingham Herald -- /1918 to 2/28/1922 - Historical Newspapers
** WA -- Long Beach -- Chinook Observer -- 8/15/2002 to current -- America's Obituaries
** WA -- Olympia -- Morning Olympian -- 3/11/1914 to 12/31/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** WA -- Olympia -- Olympia Record -- 12/9/1905 to 12/31/1922 -- Historical Newspapers
** WV -- Berkeley Springs -- Morgan Messenger -- 11/19/2003 to current -- America's Obituaries

Summary Totals - 190,110,154 records

  • Historical Newspapers (1690-1977) Over 1,300 titles; 86 Million articles - updated monthly
  • America's Obituaries (1977-Current) 24.3 Million Obituaries; 883 newspapers - updated daily
  • Historical Books (1801-1900) More than 11,700 items - updated monthly
  • Historical Documents (1789 - 1980) Over 116,000 items; Now digitizing October 1914 - updated monthly
  • SSDI (1937 to Current) 79.6 Million death records. Only site to be updated weekly

Remember, you may search the site for FREE and see a brief record. You do need to subscribe to see the entire page or item.

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Randy's comments: Unfortunately, a blog format doesn't lend itself to a table like the above. I did my best to separate the items so that they are readable.

GenealogyBank continues to add content monthly, and may have just the historical book, newspaper or document that you need. I love the idea of searching the site for free and seeing a brief record. You can then judge if a subscription is right for you.

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