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List adapted from Cornell University Library's guide to Genealogy: Finding Your Ancestors Online.

The following tools are great places to start your genealogy research.

Ancestry Library Edition This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more.

Familysearch.org
FamilySearch claims to have "the largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world." The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the primary benefactor for FamilySearch services. It is free but you must sign up for an account.

The duPont-Ball Library subscribes to the following databases that may help in ancestry research.

Ancestry Library Edition This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more.
Obituaries and Death Notices This link opens in a new window
Includes paid death notices from more than 600 newspapers. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person.
In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information. Coverage includes more than 600 newspapers, some starting in the 1960.
Historical Newspapers (Five Major Papers) This link opens in a new window
Includes full page images of newspaper articles, including advertisements. Indexing is keyword. The library subscribes to the full package: New York Times 1851-2017, Wall Street Journal 1889-2003, Washington Post 1877-2004, Christian Science Monitor 1908-2007, Los Angeles Times- 1881-1996. For recent newspaper articles, see our Newspaper Databases.
OneSearch This link opens in a new window
Filter to Stetson Library to search the collections of the duPont-Ball Library.

List of History Databases
History databases may be useful in researching historical context or gathering secondary sources to supplement your findings.