Jump into fall and follow the leaves to your family tree by trying these genealogical resources. Ancestry.com, Fold3 and HeritageQuest are our featured database this month. Try them for free with your library card today!
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Ancestry.com is only available in any of our branches, not remotely.
World’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource
US collections include a variety of sources such as birth, death, and marriage records and US border crossing and trans-ocean ship records
Contains multimedia records such as family and gravestone photos, newsreels, and postcards
International collections include records from six continents including countries such as the U.K., Ireland, Mexico, Australia, and Germany
More than 5 billion American genealogical primary sources including census records, select immigration and military records, city directories, wills and probates, and family history books
Includes US Revolutionary War Pensions and African American Family Research collections
Great for those looking for more international information
A learning center is offered for beginning and experienced genealogists to start researching
