Databases and primary source material to support genealogical research. Ancestry has temporarily lifted restrictions on home use and has made this resource available for library users accessing from home through April 30, 2020.
Discover the stories of the past with the world's largest online newspaper archive. Newspapers are an incredible resource when tracing your family tree to uncover treasures from the past about your ancestors. This collection of more than 7+ million newspapers will allow you to search for your ancestors by name and to narrow your results by year and location. This resource is being offered free of charge to libraries until May 15, 2020.
A comprehensive search of Gale's historical newspaper archives. Includes 19th Century U.S. and U.K. newspapers as well as The Economist Digital Archive and more. *Also included in Gale Primary Sources
Proquest Newspapers covers more than 150 subject areas and has full text coverage of the Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times, as well as the regional Gannett newspaper collections and Proquest Historical Newspapers.
View Sanborn fire insurance maps for U.S. cities and towns from 1867 - 1970. These documents are invaluable primary resource material for historical and genealogical research.
Discover the stories that formed Wyoming. Browse or search the more than 900,000 newspaper pages converted from microfilm to a digital format. All text is searchable, including news articles, news briefs, obituaries and other items of interest.
