2014-04

Landes immigration map

This map shows the important locations -- residences and ports -- for my Landes ancestors through my second great grandfather.

All this week, ProQuest is offering free access to its extensive obituary and death notice database. Here's what I found.

The Brooklyn Public Library and Newspapers.com are working together to provide the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives online.

The Canadian Jewish Review, with a "society" section that was the social media of its day, published a death notice for my second great grandfather.

I received the death certificate for my great grandmother from New York City via VitalChek.