Month: April 2014
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Landes immigration map
This map shows the important locations — residences and ports — for my Landes ancestors through my second great grandfather.
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National Library Week: Free access to ProQuest’s obituary database
All this week, ProQuest is offering free access to its extensive obituary and death notice database. Here’s what I found.
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives are available for free
The Brooklyn Public Library and Newspapers.com are working together to provide the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives online.
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Obituary for Moses Landes, 1926
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.
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Death certificate for my great grandmother: VitalChek orders
I received the death certificate for my great grandmother from New York City via VitalChek.