Have you ever tried to find the source of a newspaper clipping shared as an image on Ancestry? While updating my research for my 4th great grandfather, John Burke, I came across a newspaper clipping regarding his estate.
This clipping is about a probate case involving the descendants of John Burke (see Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post). Since it names my 3rd great grandfather, Henry F. Burke, I attempted to locate the original. Thus, I searched Newspapers.com for ‘Henry F. Burke’ and came up with a similar article for a BLAND estate.
Since a search of Newspapers.com, Genealogy Bank and Newspaper Archives did not locate the Burke estate notice, my search will continue. It will start with a message to the person who posted the clipping in hopes that they have documentation for it. I will also start searching for the BLAND estate.
Thus, the chase continues!
I first instinct when I find these types of legal notices is to search for court records at FamilySearch. Good luck in your search.
Thanks for the tip!
I sometimes find a Google search helps with that! I just enclose the first sentence in quotes and have had some success finding articles at an online repository…
Great tip!
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