{"id":2536,"date":"2012-12-20T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2013-09-12T15:32:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T15:32:05","slug":"genealogy-records-you-can-find-in-newspaper-archives-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/genealogy-records-you-can-find-in-newspaper-archives-infographic.html","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Records You Can Find In Newspaper Archives Infographic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Genealogy<\/a><\/p>\n

Is the Infographic image above too small? See the larger version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Newspapers offer a variety of genealogy records that you can use\u00a0to trace back your family tree. Learn about the types of genealogy\u00a0records that can be found in newspapers and discover the family\u00a0history information that each record type contains below.<\/p>\n

Obituaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obituaries<\/a> are an excellent source of genealogical information. Obits contain\u00a0your deceased ancestor\u2019s date of death and burial place, and often provide\u00a0details about their spouse, children, parents as well as other extended family.<\/p>\n

Passenger Lists<\/strong><\/p>\n

From passenger ships arriving at naturalization ports to stage coaches\u00a0traveling across the frontier, several types of passenger lists<\/a> are printed\u00a0in newspapers. These lists contain the names of our traveling ancestors.<\/p>\n

Birth Records<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birth records<\/a> in newspapers include birth announcements and birth notices.\u00a0These records contain the name of the newborn, time, date and place of birth\u00a0as well as information about the infant\u2019s parents, siblings and grandparents.<\/p>\n

Legal Records<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many types of legal records<\/a> are made public in newspapers. Probate records,\u00a0court case records and name change records contain valuable genealogical\u00a0information such as ancestors\u2019 names, relatives, places of residence and more.<\/p>\n

Photographs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Newspapers record many of life\u2019s special moments. As such, you can find\u00a0pictures of your ancestors<\/a> in wedding photos, family reunion photos, birthday\u00a0photos and old photo illustrations and sketches often printed in newspapers.<\/p>\n

Marriage Records<\/strong><\/p>\n

Engagement announcements and marriage records<\/a> are commonly printed\u00a0in newspapers. These records give the name of the bride and groom, and\u00a0provide\u00a0details about the wedding including family members and friends in attendance.<\/p>\n

New & Improved Newspaper Search!<\/strong><\/p>\n

With GenealogyBank\u2019s new newspaper search functionality\u00a0you can easily search each of the genealogy record types\u00a0covered here to discover more about your family history.<\/p>\n

Search now at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/newspapers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Click the options in the left navigation to search by record types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is the Infographic image above too small? See the larger version. Newspapers offer a variety of genealogy records that you can use\u00a0to trace back your family tree. Learn about the types of genealogy\u00a0records that can be found in newspapers and discover the family\u00a0history information that each record type contains below. Obituaries Obituaries are an excellent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[2605,3,5245,4,5292,5302,1129,1658,1656,1036,12,1661,465,2191,2611,2721,5354,22,2045,27,1084,2598,2597,5373,5426],"class_list":["post-2536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-ancestors","tag-ancestry","tag-announcements","tag-birth","tag-court","tag-death","tag-family","tag-family-history-2","tag-family-tree","tag-genealogists","tag-genealogy","tag-genealogybank-2","tag-historical-newspapers","tag-history","tag-infographic","tag-legal-records","tag-life","tag-marriage","tag-marriage-records","tag-newspapers","tag-obituaries","tag-photographs","tag-photos","tag-probate","tag-records"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}