I like to learn more about websites and records by listening to webinars. One of the places I go to find webinars is Legacy Family Tree. Right now I'm just watching those with the "Free" label on them. Anyone can sign up for upcoming webinars and listen to them live on your computer. I tend to sign up and forget or get too busy, but they will give you a link if you missed it so you can watch it free for a few days after the webinar airs live. Then there are some webinars that they keep free. Right now I'm trying to catch up on the free ones and I listened to one today that was EXCELLENT. It was by Tom Kemp and it was on Genealogy Bank. Click on this link to watch it:
Genealogy Bank Webinar
Genealogy Bank is a website that is a paid subscription website because every time they let you see a newspaper page, they pay a royalty to that paper. They do have an agreement with FamilySearch to allow access to the index of obituaries they have, so you will see them mentioned as a partner site on FamilySearch. You need to be in a Family History Library Center (like BYU or the Family History Library) to see the images, or pay to have a subscription.
The value in this webinar is that it shows what you can find in newspaper articles to add to the stories of your ancestors. There are free newspaper websites that you can try searching on using the tips he tells you about.
Here are two:
ChroniclingAmerica
Utah newspapers only: Utah Newspapers
You have to play with names in searching newspapers. They will only pick up the name exactly as it is written in the newspaper.
Have fun browsing webinars. It's a great way to learn.
Mary Pletsch
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