A Genealogy Bank Site

[bee_geni]

Here is another site where you can trace your family history.

Genealogy Search & Family History Records - GenealogyBank

[applepansy]

you can search a name, but to see the record you have to subscribe to their service.

[annewandering]

and to subscribe you have to pay. I couldnt decide if I was annoyed or felt sorry for them trying to compete against ancestry.com, which I am very unfond of.

[TomKemp]

The wonderful thing about GeneaogyBank is that it has newspapers that no other site has (over 6,100 of them). And yes, you can search it for free - click on the "Historical Newspapers" section and then do your search. You'll see a slice of the paper where the name you're searching appears. That way you know if they have the newspaper article that you want before you sign-up.

And yes - it is a pay membership site - but the cost is nominal. They can't afford to put up over 1.2 billion records for free (only the Church can afford to do that :)

Give it a try - I love that site

PS: An earlier writer commented that it is a competitor to Ancestry. It isn't - you want to join that site too. As LDS we need the latest tools to efficiently get the work done - you'll want both of these sites. I use them every day to research and submit my family. You will too. It's a great day for genealogy.

Edited July 3, 2012 by TomKemp

[TomKemp]

Start your search here: Search Newspaper Archives & Newspaper Articles - GenealogyBank

[annewandering]

Tom, good luck with your venture. :) Old newspapers really are a great source, not to mention so interesting.

[applepansy]

This is the place I went to for links to digital newspapers. I loved it. I was amazed at how much I found on my family name in one afternoon. It was sooooo cool!

https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/04/adding-to-your-genealogy-with-online-digital-newspapers