{"id":4591,"date":"2013-09-06T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=4591"},"modified":"2017-11-01T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:21:53","slug":"finding-out-about-my-ancestor-jeremy-hanson-using-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/finding-out-about-my-ancestor-jeremy-hanson-using-newspapers.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding Out about My Ancestor Jeremy Hanson Using Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> for my genealogy research just gets better and better!<\/p>\n

Every time I dive back into GenealogyBank\u2019s newspapers I look for articles about my family. With over 1.4 billion records to select from\u2014and more added every day\u2014there are still a lot of family finds yet to be discovered.<\/p>\n

Recently I was looking for more information in GenealogyBank about my ancestor Jeremy Hanson from Gilmanton, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Since he lived in New Hampshire and \u201cJeremy\u201d is a fairly unique name, I started by searching on just his first and last name\u2014limiting my search to only New Hampshire and Massachusetts newspapers.<\/p>\n

Finding My Ancestor\u2019s Farm in the Newspaper<\/strong><\/p>\n

I soon found this real estate ad<\/a> about a Jeremy Hanson who was selling his farm in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in 1829.<\/p>\n

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New Hampshire Patriot (Concord, New Hampshire), 9 November 1829, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since many of my ancestor Jeremy Hanson\u2019s children were born in Gilmanton, this old news article is probably about him.<\/p>\n

The real estate ad says that his farm was \u201cone mile south of the Academy…on the road that leads to Concord.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gilmanton Academy?<\/p>\n

I drove past that Academy thousands of times growing up in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Gilmanton Academy. Credit: Wikipedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOne mile south of the Academy…on the road that leads to Concord.\u201d A quick Internet search can find that location.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Google Maps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So\u2014now we know where his farm stood in 1829.<\/p>\n

Look at some of the details provided in the old real estate ad:<\/p>\n