Genealogy   Tags: family_history, genealogy  

 You can now view LDS FamilySearch Library microfilm and fiche at the W. Dale Clark branch of Omaha Public Library! Check out the FamilySearch Center tab! We have an especially large collection of microfilms on permanent loan for Italy and Poland.

ALERT: The price of ordering microfilms will be going up on February 15. See announcement under the FamilySearch tab.

Omaha Public Library has been a federal depository library since 1880, so it has an extensive collection of government documents of all kinds at the main library. A list of some of the resources most useful to genealogists can be found on our website. Other documents not listed can be found in restricted areas on the second floor of the main library (request materials from staff), and include such things as USGS topographical maps and reports and records of different Nebraska institutions dating back to the 1800s.

...the New England Historic Genealogical Society website

Founded in 1845, the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) maintains one of the leading genealogical research libraries in the country. Its eight-story building in downtown Boston houses more than 200,000 books, 100,000 microforms, and 2 million manuscripts and family papers, relating not only to New England, but also the rest of the United States, as well as some other (primarily English-speaking) countries.

In addition to its impressive bricks-and-mortar facility, the NEHGS has a very useful website.  Although most of its databases are available only to members with paid subscriptions, the Society does offer free access to some excellent resources.  Free account holders who complete a guest registration have access to a suite of databases as well as a variety of other resources such as online seminars, the Online Genealogist (a reference service allowing you to submit genealogy questions to an expert), and online exhibits featuring unique items from the Society’s special collections. The Town Guides section  can help you identify research strategies for towns throughout New England and New York; it includes information on name changes for towns, settlement and incorporation dates, parent towns or counties, etc. Yet  another great resource is an online article archive featuring interesting articles on a variety of genealogical topics. The databases include Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Irish Immigrant Advertisements 1831-1920, New York Wills 1626-1836, back issues of American Ancestors Magazine and other genealogical publications, and more. 

Do some exploring, especially (but not only) if you have any New England ancestors in your background!

 Fold3 is providing free access to its Black History Collection in honor of Black History Month. This collection contains historical records documenting African American achievements since the earliest days of our nation, and will be available the entire month of February.

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, has been referred to as "the genealogist's bible," and for good reason. It offers detailed, comprehensive, and well-indexed information about almost every kind of record researchers of American genealogy might ever need to consult. Ancestry, its publisher, has digitized the most recent edition (2006) and made it available free online.

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