{"id":100822,"date":"2024-10-21T11:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=100822"},"modified":"2024-10-28T06:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T10:48:12","slug":"5-ways-to-use-genealogybank-for-family-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-use-genealogybank-for-family-history-month.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Use GenealogyBank for Family History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article \u2013 to celebrate Family History Month \u2013 Gena Philibert-Ortega gives five tips for getting more out of GenealogyBank. Gena is a genealogist and author of the book \u201cFrom the Family Kitchen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

October is Family History Month, which is a good opportunity to spend time researching and learning about genealogy. One way to expand your genealogical knowledge is to better understand a website you use for family history.<\/p>\n

I realize that I don\u2019t know everything about the websites I use. I tend to just dive in and search. Learning more about a website can lead to better and richer discoveries. For example, GenealogyBank<\/a> has so much to offer. How are you using the website?<\/p>\n

Here are my five suggestions for getting more out of GenealogyBank.<\/p>\n

1) Find Newspaper Titles.<\/strong> Take some time to browse what newspaper titles and dates are found in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> for your family\u2019s locations. To do this, go to the top toolbar and click on \u201cBrowse.\u201d You can then choose Newspapers by State, Newspapers by Title, and Newspapers by Date. Choose one of those options, I suggest you start with Newspapers by State.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot: GenealogyBank\u2019s browse drop-down menu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click on the state you\u2019re interested in and then scroll through the list of cities or filter the results by city or title. This will provide you the list of newspapers and date ranges available on GenealogyBank. Remember that all the newspapers in the Historical Newspaper Archives are digitized and searchable.<\/p>\n

2) Search Newspapers Differently.<\/strong> How are you currently searching for your ancestor? If you are not using initials for their first and middle names, try that. If you are not using wild cards, try that. There is more than one way to search; limiting how you search \u2013 or searching only one way \u2013 can mean missing relevant hits.<\/p>\n

To learn more about searching, see our FAQ\u2019s Advanced Techniques<\/a> web page.<\/p>\n

3) Don\u2019t Just Search Newspapers.<\/strong> GenealogyBank has a vast historical newspapers collection, but there are other collections on the site that can help you with your genealogy research. When you conduct a search on GenealogyBank, the results list shows the historical newspapers collection \u2013 but you can also see results in:<\/p>\n