Genealogy / Family History
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Specialized databases
HeritageQuest Online
Provides libraries a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture including over 25,000 family and local history books and the complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930.
WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)
Search the shared records of libraries from all over the world to find which libraries hold local newspapers, family histories, and other useful genealogical sources.
eLibrary Genealogy Resources
Research tools and information on family research. If not taken directly to this specific eLibrary page, click the link a second time.
Multidisciplinary databases with genealogy content
Web links, specialized search engines
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
This collection of more than 60,000 links organized and cross-referenced in over 120 categories is one of the richest resources for genealogy studies.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Library of Congress shows scanned newspaper pages from 1900 to 1910, and indexes information about newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present.