So I thought I would share with you a tip that I came across recently. www.GenealogyBank.com Genealogy Bank somehow has digitized thousands of newspapers, obituaries, birth records, marriage and engagement records and passenger lists. I've been particuarly involved in going through the Duluth (Minnesota) News Tribune where I was born and where my Irish and Polish ancestors came in the 19th century. Not all newspapers are complete. [The Duluth News Tribune seems to be just between 1880-1925 or so but those are great years for me when my ggf's brother owned a saloon]. But what is great about Genealogy Bank is that you can do a lot of trial searches and you can see partial information on the results. So you can get an idea of the possibility of you finding valuable genealogical or historical information. Then you can sign up for $20 per month (or $50 per year) and then go to it. You can copy to your printer, or make pdf files. I did the later because I found hundreds of items, most of them very small tidbits. Like today, most of us don't get our names in the newspaper very often. I've found that there are several ways that would indicate a likelihood that you will find interesting/valuable information. 1. If your relative was a prominent public official. 2. If he owned a business and sued or got sued a lot. Newspapers always have court reporters. 3. If he drank a lot and ended up in court regularly for fighting. 4. If he was a petty criminal. 5. If he got murdered. Those aren't hypothetical instances, folks. They come from my Polish family. Can't find much on my Irish side other than a lot of visits in the "personals" section of the paper. Unfortunately, GenealogyBank hasn't digitized any newspapers from the Negaunee/Marquette region of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. You do have a problem though if your relatives were named John Smith or And, of course, like with much of genealogy research, you often come across items that maybe don't relate to your family, but they are really delightful tidbits, such as this advertisement that was attached to an article on one of my relatives. ========================================= Locate the Joints [1895 newspaper advertisement] The main purpose in carving fowl and raiding opium joints is the same, first locate the joints. The chief purpose in having your eyes properly fitted with glasses is to find the right place to have it done. Our ambition to find a faultless eye glass guard has been realized and is appreciated. With this guard you have no more trouble with your eye glasses falling off in your soup, etc. We also have a modern and perfect fitting spec frame, which when fitted with lenses properly fitted by F.D. Day & Cos. competent optician, 315 West Superior Street, will give proper satisfaction. =============================================== Now get to work people! We need more action on the Kerry List. Ray Marshall Grumpy List Administrator Minneapolis, where we're having a very nice summer.

Yes but that is only American genealogy isnt it Ray? My interests are in Ireland and Wales and England. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Marshall" <ray.marshall@gmail.com> To: <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 11:50 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Been kinda quiet, folks. Check out GenealogyBank.com So I thought I would share with you a tip that I came across recently. www.GenealogyBank.com Genealogy Bank somehow has digitized thousands of newspapers, obituaries, birth records, marriage and engagement records and passenger lists. I've been particuarly involved in going through the Duluth (Minnesota) News Tribune where I was born and where my Irish and Polish ancestors came in the 19th century. Not all newspapers are complete. [The Duluth News Tribune seems to be just between 1880-1925 or so but those are great years for me when my ggf's brother owned a saloon]. But what is great about Genealogy Bank is that you can do a lot of trial searches and you can see partial information on the results. So you can get an idea of the possibility of you finding valuable genealogical or historical information. Then you can sign up for $20 per month (or $50 per year) and then go to it. You can copy to your printer, or make pdf files. I did the later because I found hundreds of items, most of them very small tidbits. Like today, most of us don't get our names in the newspaper very often. I've found that there are several ways that would indicate a likelihood that you will find interesting/valuable information. 1. If your relative was a prominent public official. 2. If he owned a business and sued or got sued a lot. Newspapers always have court reporters. 3. If he drank a lot and ended up in court regularly for fighting. 4. If he was a petty criminal. 5. If he got murdered. Those aren't hypothetical instances, folks. They come from my Polish family. Can't find much on my Irish side other than a lot of visits in the "personals" section of the paper. Unfortunately, GenealogyBank hasn't digitized any newspapers from the Negaunee/Marquette region of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. You do have a problem though if your relatives were named John Smith or And, of course, like with much of genealogy research, you often come across items that maybe don't relate to your family, but they are really delightful tidbits, such as this advertisement that was attached to an article on one of my relatives. ========================================= Locate the Joints [1895 newspaper advertisement] The main purpose in carving fowl and raiding opium joints is the same, first locate the joints. The chief purpose in having your eyes properly fitted with glasses is to find the right place to have it done. Our ambition to find a faultless eye glass guard has been realized and is appreciated. With this guard you have no more trouble with your eye glasses falling off in your soup, etc. We also have a modern and perfect fitting spec frame, which when fitted with lenses properly fitted by F.D. Day & Cos. competent optician, 315 West Superior Street, will give proper satisfaction. =============================================== Now get to work people! We need more action on the Kerry List. Ray Marshall Grumpy List Administrator Minneapolis, where we're having a very nice summer. _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message