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- Ancestry Library Edition
- Resources for genealogical research including U.S. federal census records, military records, the Social Security Death Index, New York and other passenger records and selected records from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Biographical materials include the American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, slave narratives and Native American indexes. News about this resource…
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Index to biographical material on subjects from all time eras, geographical locations, and fields of activity.
- Fold3 History & Genealogy Archives
- Over 50 million pages of historical documents; census records from 1860 and 1930; documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, and U.S. Presidents; historical newspapers; naturalization documents; Matthew Brady Civil War photos; city directories; etc.
- HeritageQuest
- Use this database to access selected U.S. Federal Census Records (1790–1930); thousands of family and local history books; and search a comprehensive subject index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.
- 19th Century U.S. Newspapers
- Access over 28 million articles of primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Cincinnati Enquirer (1841-1922)
- Full-text articles from the backfile of The Cincinnati Enquirer. Please note: The year1885 is incomplete due to damaged microfilm.
- ProQuest Obituaries
- Access more than 10 million obituaries and death notices in full-image format from the historical archives of top national newspapers, such as The New York Times.
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