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“I clicked on a headline—Boy From Holy Land Working Way Through University of Texas—and there was a picture of my grandfather in an article about how my ancestor worked in a dairy all summer to earn money for college.”
– Diane Haddad

“I found a letter written by my third great grandfather—the first thing I've ever seen written by the man. This letter was published in the Albany (New York) Argus in February 1819. Wonderful!”
– Leland Meitzler

We've assembled a unique and constantly growing collection of historical newspapers and other rare documents and made them accessible to you like never before – fully searchable and in one database. With this unique resource your next discovery could be just a few clicks away.

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104 million historical newspaper articles from four centuries — packed with birth, marriage and death records
80.7 million death records in the SSDI — from 1937 to present
26 million newspaper obituaries from 1977 to the present — more than any other source
127,600 hard-to-find books, lists and reports — high genealogical value
4,600 historical and recent American newspapers — from all 50 States