Genealogy & Local Info

Thousands of detailed international maps (countries, regions, states, etc.), as well as topographic maps, climate maps, and more.

Historical access to scanned pages from hundreds of newspapers. Coverage varies by paper. Includes the Daily Herald, 1901-present. [Note: Newspapers.com and Access Newspaper Archive both cover different sets of newspapers, with some overlap.]

Extensive genealogical searching for census, vital and military records. From the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 

NOTE 6/22/20: Full remote access will be available to cardholders while the library building has limited public access.

Non-cardholders outside the library still have limited access to some records here.

Family history data, census information, immigration, etc.

Source for Swedish genealogy. Contains millions of historical documents, including church records, court records and estate inventories. | Login Tips

Local daily newspaper Covers January 1966 to June 1970.

From the Illinois Digital Archive. Includes village history/directories, local military history, and people & places.

Historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

Formerly "Chicago Community Collection." From Newsbank. Extensive full-text for many Chicago-area newspapers, including some with full-image titles. Includes full-image content from the Daily Herald. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Full-page image access to the latest 3 months of the Sun-Times.  Learn how to create a search alert here.

7/3/24:  Newsbank is having technical difficulties with all newspapers after June 30 and display of full-image issues.

Articles from 1/1/86-present.  Learn how to create a search alert here.

7/3/24:  Newsbank is having technical difficulties with all newspapers after June 30 and display of full-image issues.

Search the complete text of The Chicago Tribune from 1849-present, including full-image content from 1849-2011 and online-only articles. The most recent four days' daily issues are also available via PressReader. Additional full-page-image access (similar to microfilm) for articles from 2008-3 months ago available through Proquest Recent Newspapers. Browsable text-only issues of the Tribune 1985-present are available here. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note: Learn more here about Chicago Tribune obituary & death notice coverage in HeritageHub vs ProQuest.

NEW:  Full-image (full-page) version of the Daily Herald, 2/22/21- . Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note about the timing of same-day full-text Daily Herald articles.

UPDATE 7/22/24: Current issues of the full-image Daily Herald are now available.

Articles from 2/23/1995-present. For historical articles (1901-present) search the Arlington Heights listings in the Access Newspaper Archive. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note about the timing of same-day full text Daily Herald articles.

7/3/24:  Newsbank is having technical difficulties with all newspapers after June 30 and display of full-image issues. For full-text access to current Daily Herald articles, please use Proquest.

Articles from 2/23/1997-present. For historical articles (1901-present) search the Arlington Heights listings in the Access Newspaper Archive. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note about the timing of same-day full text Daily Herald articles.

Collection of millions of scanned historic images, documents and media from libraries, museums and universities across the country.

Large genealogy database maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anyone may use FamilySearch from home, etc., but additional content is available only when used inside the library. NOTE: Requires creation of a free personal profile. Some full records/images are only available via local Family History Center. More details here.

Access to over 2 billion records from the U.K., Ireland and the British Commonwealth, including census records, military collections, and immigration & naturalization records. NOTE: The PERSI (Periodical Source Index) database is now only available directly from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center site.

Historical documents and personal histories from the National Archives and other institutions. Includes the Fold3 Holocaust Archives.

Obituaries & Death Notices from 1704-.from over 7,000 sources.

Note: Learn more here about Chicago Tribune obituary & death notice coverage in HeritageHub vs ProQuest.

Census records, family/local histories, Revolutionary War pension & land applications, city directories and more.

NEW: Source for genealogical research on the Chinese diaspora. Collections cover Mainland China, Southeast Asia, North America, and the Caribbean. 

Immigration lists, census records, vital records, parish/land records, news articles, etc.

Historical access to scanned pages from hundreds of newspapers. Coverage varies by paper. [Note: Newspapers.com and Access Newspaper Archive both cover different sets of newspapers, with some overlap.]

The premier subject index for genealogy and local history periodicals, produced by the staff of The Genealogy Center of the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library. Provides more than 3 million citations to readily-available periodical sources.

(Formerly Proquest Digitized Newspapers) Full-page scans of recent Chicago Tribune issues (2008-4 days ago).

(Formerly Proquest Digitized Newspapers) Full-page scans of recent NY Times issues (2008-3 months ago).

NOTE: This product will no longer be available after 11/30/2024. Please use PressReader for recent full-image access to the NY Times. (See PressReader sign-up instructions here) or The New York Times (via Proquest) for full-text articles.

Searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress.

Preserves US historical documents and manages federal records. Of use to genealogists, historians and legal researchers.