Using Periodicals to Find Your Ancestors

Facebook Twitter Eamil Share
Subscribe now

 

Using Periodicals to Find Your Ancestors


4,707 views

Periodicals can fill in the pieces between the birth and death of your ancestor. Whether the information is biographical, a transcription, or reporting on an event, periodicals provide rich detail about your ancestor's life. In this lecture we will discuss the types of periodicals that exist and what indexes (JSTOR, PERSI and others)  to use to find articles.


 
 

Share your Comments:



Related Webinars

Presenter: Gena Philibert-Ortega

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women's history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women's Studies) and a Master’s degree in Religion. Her published works include two books, numerous articles published in magazines and online, as well as four editions of the Tracing Your Ancestors series from Morsehead Publishing. She is the editor of the Utah Genealogical Association’s magazine, Crossroads. Her writings can be found on her blogs, Gena’s Genealogy and Food.Family.Ephemera as well as the GenealogyBank and Legacy Webinars blogs. She is a course instructor for The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. She has presented to diverse groups worldwide including the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series. Her current research includes women's repatriation and citizenship in the 20th century, foodways and community in fundraising cookbooks, and women's material culture.

Gena Philibert-Ortega
Gena Philibert-Ortega's Publications
Legacy QuickGuide: California Genealogy Legacy QuickGuide: California Genealogy
 
Gena Philibert-Ortega's Webinar Library
Searching Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Saving Websites to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Learning More about American Female Ancestors Prior to 1850
Free Images from the LOC - What You Need to Know
Another 50 Websites Every Genealogist Should Know
In Black and White: Finding Historical Newspapers From Around the World
50 More Websites Every Genealogist Should Know
Find Your Images Online with TinEye
Easy Personal Book Catalogs with GoodReads
Instant Ancestor Alerts from eBay Search
Instant Bibliographies on WorldCat
Free 10 Must-Have MyHeritage Databases
Saving DPLA Favorites to MyLists
Saving Digitized Books in Google Books MyLibrary
Searching the Chronicling America Newspaper Databases
The Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory
How to Search WorldCat
How to Narrow Your Search on WorldCat
What is the Internet Archive Genealogy Collection?
Saving Posts on Facebook
Organize Your Post-Its with Evernote
How to Search Google Scholar
WorldCat Search Techniques
The Benefits of WorldCat
WorldCat and the FamilySearch Catalog
25 Uncommon Sources for Your Genealogy
50 Records that Document Female Ancestors
A Month's Worth of Must-Have Tech Tips To Start Using Today
The Anatomy of BMD: What You Don’t Know About Vital Records
50 Websites for Finding Maps
That's New to Me: Unfamiliar Websites for Your Genealogy
50 Websites To Find Vital Records
Social History through the Ages: Sources for Social History from the Colonial Period to World War II
World War I: Women's Lives During the War
The WPA: Sources for Your Genealogy
Researching Arizona Ancestors
50 Websites Every Genealogist Should Know
Researching Mormon Women
Utah Newspapers and Digitized Books
Utah's Melting Pot
Utah Going to the Courthouse
Researching California Women
California's Melting Pot
Social History Websites That Bring Your Ancestor's Story to Life
California Newspapers and Digitized Books
Going to the Courthouse
Counting California: Censuses, Directories, and Voter Records
Ho for California: Land and Maps
Counting Utah: Censuses, Directories, and Voter Records
Utah: Land and Maps
Researching Women - Community Cookbooks and What They Tell Us About Our Ancestors
To Live and Die in Utah: Researching Vital Records
Researching in Utah: Libraries, Archives and Online
Researching in California - Libraries, Archives and Online
To Live and Die in California: Researching Vital Records
Using Periodicals to Find Your Ancestors
The Secret Lives of Women - Researching Female Ancestors Using the Sources They Left Behind