Jan Murphy
@packrat74.bsky.social
Enthusiastic family historian since 2006; moderator pro tempore at Genealogy & Family History Stack Exchange. http://genealogy.stackexchange.com Fan of F&SF, figure skating, baseball, equestrian sports, cycling. Former bookseller; book junkie.
#GenHour I have lots of mixed feelings about MyHeritage but I have to say the tools for the City Directory collection were mostly well thought-out. Check Legacy Family Tree Webinars for how-to videos (AFAIK the MH webinars are free) as well as the MH blog, etc.
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#GenHour I have lots of mixed feelings about MyHeritage but I have to say the tools for the City Directory collection were mostly well thought-out. Check Legacy Family Tree Webinars for how-to videos (AFAIK the MH webinars are free) as well as the MH blog, etc.
#GenHour /3 MyHeritage Library Edition is also on the list of resources available to use in the library.
If you are interested in any of their resources but aren't sure if you want an individual sub, trying them out via SCGS is a great deal.
If you are interested in any of their resources but aren't sure if you want an individual sub, trying them out via SCGS is a great deal.
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#GenHour /3 MyHeritage Library Edition is also on the list of resources available to use in the library.
If you are interested in any of their resources but aren't sure if you want an individual sub, trying them out via SCGS is a great deal.
If you are interested in any of their resources but aren't sure if you want an individual sub, trying them out via SCGS is a great deal.
#GenHour /2 SCGS list of External Genealogical Resources (remote access)
MyHeritage Library Edition
Newspaper Archives
Fold3 Library Edition
HistoryGeo
African American Heritage (AAH)
Black Freedom Struggle
Genealogy Quebec
PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique
MyHeritage Library Edition
Newspaper Archives
Fold3 Library Edition
HistoryGeo
African American Heritage (AAH)
Black Freedom Struggle
Genealogy Quebec
PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#GenHour /2 SCGS list of External Genealogical Resources (remote access)
MyHeritage Library Edition
Newspaper Archives
Fold3 Library Edition
HistoryGeo
African American Heritage (AAH)
Black Freedom Struggle
Genealogy Quebec
PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique
MyHeritage Library Edition
Newspaper Archives
Fold3 Library Edition
HistoryGeo
African American Heritage (AAH)
Black Freedom Struggle
Genealogy Quebec
PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique
#GenHour I am a member of SCCS and they offer remote access to MyHeritage Library Edition. It's a much cheaper way to get access to MyHeritage's stuff than buying MH's data sub! (You won't have newspaper access with the LE but MH has spun that off into a separate site anyway.) /1
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#GenHour I am a member of SCCS and they offer remote access to MyHeritage Library Edition. It's a much cheaper way to get access to MyHeritage's stuff than buying MH's data sub! (You won't have newspaper access with the LE but MH has spun that off into a separate site anyway.) /1
#GenHour Back in the day, I saw a great website with a history of the Price & Lee directories, but I don't think it's up anymore. If I can find the URL, I'll check the Wayback Machine.
Maybe Brooklyn Public Library could tell you? Historical newspapers there might have display ads.
Maybe Brooklyn Public Library could tell you? Historical newspapers there might have display ads.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#GenHour Back in the day, I saw a great website with a history of the Price & Lee directories, but I don't think it's up anymore. If I can find the URL, I'll check the Wayback Machine.
Maybe Brooklyn Public Library could tell you? Historical newspapers there might have display ads.
Maybe Brooklyn Public Library could tell you? Historical newspapers there might have display ads.
#GenHour Murphy's Law is that the putting-to-bed time of the directories or the publication dates are always such that my husband's family gets missed out. 😜
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#GenHour Murphy's Law is that the putting-to-bed time of the directories or the publication dates are always such that my husband's family gets missed out. 😜
#GenHour Check with your local gen society and libraries to see if they have MyHeritage. The City Directory collection there has some useful tools and will aggregate results. You might find some missing years that way.
(I'm assuming you used browse at Ancestry because their index is crap.)
(I'm assuming you used browse at Ancestry because their index is crap.)
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#GenHour Check with your local gen society and libraries to see if they have MyHeritage. The City Directory collection there has some useful tools and will aggregate results. You might find some missing years that way.
(I'm assuming you used browse at Ancestry because their index is crap.)
(I'm assuming you used browse at Ancestry because their index is crap.)
#GenHour Online streams are geo-located, so our friends in the UK will have to use a VPN. Eventually it may be airing on PBS America?
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November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#GenHour Online streams are geo-located, so our friends in the UK will have to use a VPN. Eventually it may be airing on PBS America?
www.pbsamerica.co.uk/about/
www.pbsamerica.co.uk/about/
#GenHour It's very frustrating!
Don't forget The Ancestor Hunt has links to directories as well as newspapers.
theancestorhunt.com/directories....
Don't forget The Ancestor Hunt has links to directories as well as newspapers.
theancestorhunt.com/directories....
Directories - The Ancestor Hunt
City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and Canada and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history a...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#GenHour It's very frustrating!
Don't forget The Ancestor Hunt has links to directories as well as newspapers.
theancestorhunt.com/directories....
Don't forget The Ancestor Hunt has links to directories as well as newspapers.
theancestorhunt.com/directories....
#GenHour It was coming down this morning. Last night they were warning people to be careful walking next to trees in case they fell over from the oversaturated ground.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#GenHour It was coming down this morning. Last night they were warning people to be careful walking next to trees in case they fell over from the oversaturated ground.
abc7news.com/post/weather...
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#GenHour I haven't browsed the Directories at NYPL in a while, but if they haven't changed the interface, there are some pointers in this old Q at Genealogy SE. Internet Archive and FamilySearch might have directories, too.
genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/15823/1006
genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/15823/1006
Using NYPL's City Directories of New York City
I am searching 1900-1910 city Directories for Manhatten,the New York public library digitized these and they are available for view at thier digital Collections website here is 1901
What I can't fi...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#GenHour I haven't browsed the Directories at NYPL in a while, but if they haven't changed the interface, there are some pointers in this old Q at Genealogy SE. Internet Archive and FamilySearch might have directories, too.
genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/15823/1006
genealogy.stackexchange.com/q/15823/1006
For the two FamilySearch collections of record copy wills from the district courts (not the Principal registry), this website has a search widget that will give you the FHL microfilm number you need. #GenHour
www.haine.org.uk/wills/willse...
www.haine.org.uk/wills/willse...
District Court Probate: find your microfilm
www.haine.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
For the two FamilySearch collections of record copy wills from the district courts (not the Principal registry), this website has a search widget that will give you the FHL microfilm number you need. #GenHour
www.haine.org.uk/wills/willse...
www.haine.org.uk/wills/willse...
#OnePlaceWednesday FamilySearch Catalog Search Results (7) for Author: Great Britain. Principal Probate Registry
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Catalog search result for Author: Great Britain. Principal Probate Registry (7 results)
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#GenHour At the lower price, there's definitely a cost-effectiveness in ordering the wills from the probate search because it's quicker than locating the wills on the microfilm at an FHC or AL, and my transit costs to my local society are relatively higher. Once the price goes up, that changes.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#GenHour At the lower price, there's definitely a cost-effectiveness in ordering the wills from the probate search because it's quicker than locating the wills on the microfilm at an FHC or AL, and my transit costs to my local society are relatively higher. Once the price goes up, that changes.
#GenHour The big difference between getting the wills from the Probate Search service & FamilySearch is that the wills at FamilySearch are copy book wills. So we may not be able to get any information in the grant page that didn't make it into the calendar, or handwritten marginal notes on the will.
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#GenHour The big difference between getting the wills from the Probate Search service & FamilySearch is that the wills at FamilySearch are copy book wills. So we may not be able to get any information in the grant page that didn't make it into the calendar, or handwritten marginal notes on the will.