History & Genealogy
| Ancestry Library Edition | Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogy research tool with the most comprehensive, international genealogical information available online. NOTE: Only accessible with a full-privileges Library Card and inside an OC Public Libraries branch. |
| Fold3 | Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. NOTE: Only accessible with a full-privileges Library Card. |
| HeritageQuest Online | HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. NOTE: Only accessible with a full-privileges Library Card. |
| Historical Sheet Music Collection | OC Public Libraries has digitized and made available for free a selection of sheet music published before 1923. |
| Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano | “We’re Still Here” video series featuring interviews of the Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Community. |
| Little Saigon Stories | Little Saigon Stories seeks to preserve the experiences of Orange County’s Vietnamese-American community. |
| National Geographic Virtual Library | Access to National Geographic Magazine from 1888 to present and over 300 eBook titles published by National Geographic. |
| OC Public Libraries Digital Newspapers | A collection of digitized microfilm newspapers with some issues from the 1920s through the 1980s. NOTE: This resource is only available in the library. |
| OC Public Libraries Genealogy Page | OC Genealogy Events, Online Resources, Bibliography, Local Organizations, Tips and Obituaries. |
| OC Register | Newsbank contains the OC Register from 1987-current and the Irvine World News from 2003-current. NOTE: Only accessible with a full-privileges Library Card. |
| OC Stories | Images and stories from Orange County's rich and diverse past. |
| OC Surf Stories | Preserving Orange County’s surfing heritage by collecting and sharing personal experiences from our local surfing community. |