04 Gathering Family History Basics - Fold3 Newspaper Archive
We have a great base with our family tree in place and a few documents added, but what if your ancestor served in the military or you can't locate any vital records? Military documents are a rich resource because they add to a family member's story as well as possibly give us more clues to their family details. If you have ever read an obituary, you can agree that digitized newspapers are another valuable resource for finding all sorts of great stories about our families. In this video, you can follow along as I do a little exploring in the subscription-based Fold3 and NewspaperArchive, all through my local library using my library card barcode (and all in my own home.) These two sights are amazing as they bring those fragile documents to us in their digitized glory -- all searchable, which is the key.
We have a great base with our family tree in place and a few documents added, but what if your ancestor served in the military or you can't locate any vital records? Military documents are a rich resource because they add to a family member's story as well as possibly give us more clues to their family details. If you have ever read an obituary, you can agree that digitized newspapers are another valuable resource for finding all sorts of great stories about our families. In this video, you can follow along as I do a little exploring in the subscription-based Fold3 and NewspaperArchive, all through my local library using my library card barcode (and all in my own home.) These two sights are amazing as they bring those fragile documents to us in their digitized glory -- all searchable, which is the key.