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CAGenWeb

What's New: December 2025

History of 'Sundown Towns' ~ California

What's New: October 2025

Family Search:
Explanations and Updates for both the
Full Text Search Function
and
Historical Images Section

"Full-Text Search"
FamilySearch Function which will search multiple filmed images on their servers.
People ~ Places ~ Events: Almost any topic imagined! Especially great are the Newspaper Articles.
The results can be saved as images or pdf files along with the Citation.
When the results come up, there is a OCR generated panel of text which can be copied to a file or your Gen Software.
Here is the link

I was able to find a decent tutorial: Please use this link.

Types of Records which are available
Here is a text file with a list of Resoures


FamilySearch Historical Images
Filmed Resources that are not indexed and not  part of the FS Catalog
Search thousands of films.
Here is a tutorial on how to use this great resource.

NewsBank Newspapers: Public Library Resource [Use your library card for access]

These Newspapers have Obituaries and other articles of family interest.

Title Years / Available Location
Associated Press State Wire: California (CA) 2010 - Current CA
Bakersfield Californian, The (CA) 2003 - Current CA - Bakersfield
Bakersfield Californian, The: Web Edition Articles (CA) 2011 - Current CA - Bakersfield
Business Press/California, The (Ontario, CA) 1995 - 2009 CA - Riverside
California Courier, The (Glendale, CA) 2006 - Current CA - Glendale
California Newswire (CA) 2006 - Current CA
Californian, The (Temecula, CA) 2003 - 2013 CA - Temecula
Center Square California, The (CA) 2017 - Current CA
Northern California Record (CA) 2018 - Current CA

MNGenWeb

What's New: December 2025

History of 'Sundown Towns' ~ Minnesota

What's New [October 2025]


Family Search:
Explanations and Updates
for both the Full Text Search Function
and
Historical Images Section

"Full-Text Search"
FamilySearch Function which will search multiple filmed images on their servers.
People ~ Places ~ Events: Almost any topic imagined! Especially great are the Newspaper Articles.
The results can be saved as images or pdf files along with the Citation.
When the results come up, there is a OCR generated panel of text which can be copied to a file or your Gen Software.
Here is the link

I was able to find a decent tutorial: Please use this link.


Types of Records which are available
Here is a text file with a list of Resoures


FamilySearch Historical Images
Filmed Resources that are not indexed and not  part of the FS Catalog
Search thousands of films.
Here is a tutorial on how to use this great resource.

Minnesota Histories
County Histories with a lot of great information, biographies, family data and more.
Here are some Indexes for the above Histories

NewsBank Newspapers: Public Library Resource [Use your library card for access]

These Newspapers have Obituaries and other articles of family interest.

Title Years Available Location
Associated Press State Wire: Minnesota (MN) 2010 - Current MN
Center Square Minnesota, The (MN) 2017 - Current MN
Minnesota Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis, MN) 1986 - Current MN - Minneapolis

MOGenWeb

What's New: December 2025 ~ Missouri

What's New [October 2025]

"Full-Text Search"
FamilySearch Function which will search multiple filmed images on their servers.
People ~ Places ~ Events: Almost any topic imagined! Especially great are the Newspaper Articles.
The results can be saved as images or pdf files along with the Citation.
When the results come up, there is a OCR generated panel of text which can be copied to a file or your Gen Software.
Here is the link

I was able to find a decent tutorial: Please use this link.


Types of Records which are available
Here is a text file with a list of Resoures


FamilySearch Historical Images
Filmed Resources that are not indexed and not  part of the FS Catalog
Search thousands of films.
Here is a tutorial on how to use this great resource.

Missouri State and County Histories
These old Books are a wonderful resource!


Genealogy of the Descendants of Christian Frederick and Johanna Friederika Bebion Klein [Hermann Gasconade, Missouri]
By Margaret Haubold Bolles
Film # 007961507

NewsBank Newspapers: Public Library Resource [Use your library card for access]

These Newspapers have Obituaries and other articles of family interest.

Title Years Location
Associated Press State Wire: Missouri (MO) 2011 - Current MO
Center Square Missouri, The (MO) 2020 - Current MO
Democrat-Missourian, The (Harrisonville, MO) 2007 - 2021 MO - Harrisonville

NYGenWeb

What's New: December 2025~ New York

What's New [December 2025] Newspaper Clippings: Courtesy of Bob S

This article is about the murder of Joshua Stevens of Canisteo.
Date for the newspaper: 10-19-1825 [3] Please use this link for the image

This article is about the murder of Samuel Ives of Tropsburgh.
Date for the newspaper: 09-07-1824 [3] Please use this link for the image
There is a second article: 04-06- 1825 [3]  Please use this link for the image
The third article is about the execution of Robert Douglass for the murder of Samuel Ives
Date of the newspaper: 05-18-1825. [3] Please use this link for the image.

What's New [October 2025]

Family Search:
Explanations and Updates for both the
Full Text Search Function
and
HHistorical Images Section

"Full-Text Search"
FamilySearch Function which will search multiple filmed images on their servers.
People ~ Places ~ Events: Almost any topic imagined! Especially great are the Newspaper Articles.
The results can be saved as images or pdf files along with the Citation.
When the results come up, there is a OCR generated panel of text which can be copied to a file or your Gen Software.
Here is the link

I was able to find a decent tutorial: Please use this link.


Types of Records which are available
There are two lists for New York:
State Records ~ NY City Records



FamilySearch Historical Images
Filmed Resources that are not indexed and not  part of the FS Catalog
Search thousands of films.
Here is a tutorial on how to use this great resource


New York County Histories

Patchogue-Medford Library
Here are some County History Indexes

New York Baptisms

Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York : baptisms from 25 December, 1639, to 27 December, 1730 / Edited by Thomas Grier Evans
Film #  17503 - Please use this Link - Sign in first
Published in 1901 / Text in German, Indexes

NewsBank Newspapers: Public Library Resource [Use your library card for access]

These Newspapers have Obituaries and other articles of family interest.

NewsBank, NY Newspapers: Please use this link for the pdf which has links to the Newspapers

ORGenWeb

What's New: December 2025 ~ Oregon

What's New [October 2025]

Family Search:
Explanations and Updates for both the
 Full Text Search Function
and
HHistorical Images Section

"Full-Text Search"
FamilySearch Function which will search multiple filmed images on their servers.
People ~ Places ~ Events: Almost any topic imagined! Especially great are the Newspaper Articles.
The results can be saved as images or pdf files along with the Citation.
When the results come up, there is a OCR generated panel of text which can be copied to a file or your Gen Software.
Here is the link

I was able to find a decent tutorial: Please use this link.

Types of Records which are available
Here is a text file with a list of Resoures


FamilySearch Historical Images
Filmed Resources that are not indexed and not  part of the FS Catalog
Search thousands of films.

Here is a tutorial on how to use this great resource.

NewsBank Newspapers: Public Library Resource [Use your library card for access]

These Newspapers have Obituaries and other articles of family interest.

Name of Newspaper Years Location
Center Square Oregon, The (OR) 2017 - Current OR
Central Oregonian (Prineville, OR) 2001 - Current OR - Prineville
East Oregonian (Pendleton, OR) 2002 - Current OR - Pendleton
Oregon Coast Today (Lincoln City, OR) 2013 - 2019 OR - Lincoln City
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) 1987 - Current OR - Portland
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) 2017 - Current OR - Portland
Oregonian, The: Web Ed Arts (Portland, OR) 2012 - Current OR - Portland