{"id":10730,"date":"2015-05-29T11:23:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=10730"},"modified":"2025-05-29T10:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:26:35","slug":"genealogy-research-with-legal-notices-in-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/genealogy-research-with-legal-notices-in-newspapers.html","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Research with Legal Notices in Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newspapers have long been the way that official notices of court actions, legal matters and other announcements have been communicated to the public, and researching these legal notices can help you learn more about your ancestors and fill in details on your family tree.<\/p>\n<p>This blog post highlights some of the past articles we\u2019ve published on the GenealogyBank Blog about researching legal notices in newspapers. Just click on the title of any article that interests you to read the full blog post.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/researching-legal-probate-court-records-found-in-newspapers.html\">Researching Legal, Probate &amp; Court Records Found in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10731\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/philadelphia-inquirer-newspaper-0522-1914-divorce-notices.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10731\" title=\"philadelphia-inquirer-newspaper-0522-1914-divorce-notices\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/philadelphia-inquirer-newspaper-0522-1914-divorce-notices.png\" alt=\"divorce notices, Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper article 22 May 1914\" width=\"316\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/philadelphia-inquirer-newspaper-0522-1914-divorce-notices.png 316w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/philadelphia-inquirer-newspaper-0522-1914-divorce-notices-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 22 May 1914, page 16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/how-to-search-probate-records-in-genealogybanks-newspaper-archives.html\">How to Search Probate Records in GenealogyBank\u2019s Newspaper Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10734\" style=\"width: 513px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/genealogybank-1113-2012-probate-records.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10734\" title=\"genealogybank-1113-2012-probate-records\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/genealogybank-1113-2012-probate-records.png\" alt=\"screenshot of a GenealogyBank search results page showing sample \u201cLegal\/Probate\/Court\u201d records\" width=\"513\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/genealogybank-1113-2012-probate-records.png 513w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/genealogybank-1113-2012-probate-records-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/genealogybank-1113-2012-probate-records-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GenealogyBank search results page showing sample \u201cLegal\/Probate\/Court\u201d records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/how-to-find-ancestors-legal-name-change.html\">How to Find Ancestors\u2019 Legal Name Change Records with Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10735\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/daily-people-newspaper-0925-1901-max-kaplansky-name-change.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10735\" title=\"daily-people-newspaper-0925-1901-max-kaplansky-name-change\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/daily-people-newspaper-0925-1901-max-kaplansky-name-change.png\" alt=\"name change notice for Max Kaplansky, Daily People newspaper article 25 September 1901\" width=\"377\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/daily-people-newspaper-0925-1901-max-kaplansky-name-change.png 377w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/daily-people-newspaper-0925-1901-max-kaplansky-name-change-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily People (New York, New York), 25 September 1901, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/how-to-find-your-ancestors-divorce-records-in-the-newspaper.html\">How to Find\u00a0Your Ancestor\u2019s Divorce Records in the Newspaper<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10736\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st.-louis-republic-newspaper-0625-1889-divorce.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10736\" title=\"st.-louis-republic-newspaper-0625-1889-divorce\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st.-louis-republic-newspaper-0625-1889-divorce.png\" alt=\"divorce notices, St. Louis Republic newspaper article 25 June 1889\" width=\"581\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st.-louis-republic-newspaper-0625-1889-divorce.png 581w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st.-louis-republic-newspaper-0625-1889-divorce-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st.-louis-republic-newspaper-0625-1889-divorce-414x300.png 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, Missouri), 25 June 1889, page 12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/how-to-research-land-records-for-genealogy-clues.html\">How to Research Land Records for Genealogy Clues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10737\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0213-1857-artemas-bryant-land-sale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10737\" title=\"barre-gazette-newspaper-0213-1857-artemas-bryant-land-sale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0213-1857-artemas-bryant-land-sale.png\" alt=\"land sale notice by Artemas Bryant, Barre Gazette newspaper article 13 February 1857\" width=\"359\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0213-1857-artemas-bryant-land-sale.png 359w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0213-1857-artemas-bryant-land-sale-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts), 13 February 1857, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/a-genealogists-guide-to-old-latin-terms-abbreviations.html\">A Genealogist\u2019s Guide to Old Latin Terms &amp; Abbreviations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10738\" style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/springfield-union-newspaper-0505-1977-caelebs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10738\" title=\"springfield-union-newspaper-0505-1977-caelebs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/springfield-union-newspaper-0505-1977-caelebs.png\" alt=\"article about Latin terms, Springfield Union newspaper article 5 May 1977\" width=\"382\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/springfield-union-newspaper-0505-1977-caelebs.png 382w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/springfield-union-newspaper-0505-1977-caelebs-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/springfield-union-newspaper-0505-1977-caelebs-327x300.png 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Springfield Union (Springfield, Massachusetts), 5 May 1977, page 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Explore over 330 years of newspapers and historical records in GenealogyBank. Discover your family story! <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/sign-up\">Start a 7-Day Free Trial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article showing how legal notices published in newspapers can help fill in the details on your family tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[2719,2721,2020,2663],"class_list":["post-10730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-genealogy-search-tips","tag-legal-records","tag-newspaper-archives","tag-probate-records"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/illustration-0516-2014-featured-graphic-scales-of-justice.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10730"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102975,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10730\/revisions\/102975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}