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- Genealogy.
Databases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Highlights include full-text access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 1847 to 1994 and the Massachusetts Vital Records to 1910.
Access to more than 7 billion names in more than 4,000 genealogical databases including Census Records, Passenger Lists and UK & Ireland records. Library version of Ancestry.com.
Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), this site searches genealogical records worldwide including Ancestral Files, International Genealogical Index, and census and other vital statistics sources.
Searchable digitized images of millions of historical primary documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents, many from the National Archives.
Search U.S. Federal Census records, digitized family and local history books, an index to genealogical and local history periodicals, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files and the Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874.
Searchable full-text and page images from The New York Times archive with the option to search by subject headings (index covers 1851-1993).
Free access to the digital images and indexing of the 1940 Unites States Federal Census from FamilySearch.org.
Search full-text early American books, pamphlets, broadsides, government documents and rare printed materials. Combined search of American Broadsides and Ephemera (1760-1900) and Early American Imprints (1639-1819).
Searchable full-text and page images of newspapers from across the country including early newspapers, 1690-1922, African American Newspapers, 1827-1998; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971 and Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980.
APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,800 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940. Also contains titles archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), including labor, trade, literary, scientific, and photographic periodicals, as well as other historically-significant titles.
Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1890-1960. View index for free but you must pay to view information on passenger lists.
The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Indexes biographical listings in dictionaries and encyclopedias covering millions individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
The Boston Globe, considered the mainstay of Boston and New England, is a unique full-image archive offering complete coverage from 1872-1981.
Searchable database of passengers leaving Bremen for the years 1920 to 1939.
Developed by the Brooklyn Public Library, this free database provides access to the full-text of the Eagle from 1841 to 1902.
More than 1 million names in 15,000+ records of British, Irish and American royalty, the peerage, presidential and other important families. Each has been meticulously researched by a team of professional genealogists to ensure the information is accurate, reliable and up-to-date.
Index of more than 10 million immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1830-1891 (before Ellis Island). Searching via Stephen Morse's One Step Search Form.
Search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Contains basic facts about servicemen who served during the Civil War and regimental histories.
A unique world encyclopedia of geographical places and features with over 170,000 entries.
Compact Memory offers actual reproductions of the most important research journals for German-Jewish history and genealogy research, covering the entire German-speaking world. Since some of these journals carried news about Jews in areas outside Germany as well, they are worth consulting for news of other locations, such as the United States and Russia.
Indexes unpublished genealogical materials, mainly bible and cemetery transcriptions, collected by DAR members. New York state volumes held at NYPL Milstein Division.
Directory of online death indexes and records listed by state, including death certificate, obituaries, cemetery burials & probate records.
The Brooklyn Public Library is in the process of digitizing 33 printed Brooklyn city directories, covering a period from 1856 to 1908.
An experimental NYPL website features digitized 1940 telephone directories for New York City, which, combined with powerful search tools enable patrons to convert residential street addresses into census enumeration districts (ED), which leads to the 1940 Census records via the National Archives.
Contains the 1999-2000 Directory of Professional Genealogists. Also find links to other Professional Genealogical organizations under Resources.
Covers the period 1892-1924 when 22 million passengers and crew members entered the Port of New York through Ellis Island. Search for an immigrant's name and view a digitized page of the passenger manifest.
An enhanced search of the Ellis Island Database (1892-1924).
The 1911 census is a record of everyone who lived in England and Wales in 1911. Searching the index is free but there is a fee for viewing the digitized record.
A digital library of local and trade directories from England and Wales from 1750-1919.
Digitized full-text family histories.
Freedman's Bank Records are a great source for genealogists researching their African American heritage. This database is an index to registers of signatures of depositors and includes images of the original documents.
A searchable repository of old newspapers published in New York State, between 1795 and 2007. Includes Old Fulton NY Postcards, a collection of digitized images recording the history of Fulton, NY.
Index of German immigrants arriving in the Port of New York.
Google Books enables you to search the full-text of scanned books (contributed by The New York Public Library, other libraries and publishers) via the Web, and to read selections of the full-text of these digitized texts.
Founded in 1838, this cemetery was the place many famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the 19th century were buried. Look for the search form under "Burial Inquiry."
First full-scale valuation of property in Ireland published between 1847 and 1864. It allows researchers to locate 'occupants' to see who lived where.
Guide to Reference is a selective guide to the best reference sources, organized by academic discipline. Users can choose to set up a profile to create and save lists and notes to use in their reference and research work.
Text Archive enables you to search and view the full-text of scanned books via the Web.
Shadows (1826). NYPL Art and Architecture Collection.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery