Starting January 1, 2022, Ancestry is available only at the library.
Learn about your ancestors. Search over 1.2 billion records in over 3,000 databases, including the US Census and school yearbooks, to find records and digitized documents.
People Resources
(Los recursos para hispanohablantes se enumeran en una página separada.)
FVRL Resources
Ancestry Library
HeritageQuest
Search the digital US Census records from 1790-1940 or the full-text of 25,000 family and local history books in Heritage Quest.
Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)
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Find U.S. white pages and yellow pages, as well as demographic details and heat maps for U.S. and Canadian businesses. Get the most out of Reference USA by visiting their Learning Center.
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Discover your family's military past. Find service records, casualties, and memorials from wars since the American Revolution. Search sources also include U.S. Federal Census records, Dawes enrollment cards, homestead records, naturalizations, and international military records.
Gale eBooks
Search full-text reference eBooks on a variety of topics, including art, business, biographies, health, history, sports and more. No limits, holds, or waiting!
World Book eBooks
Access highly illustrated eBooks for kids in many curriculum areas. Always available to read in your browser—no holds or waiting! Subjects include biography, crafts, cultures, dinosaurs, environment, health, history, mythology, nature, space, and technology.
Biography (Gale in Context)
Search for people in articles and books, based on personal facts such as name, birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, and gender.
Gale Literature
Find everything you need to research the world of literature: biographies, bibliographies, critical analyses, essays, poems, primary sources, and more for authors both historical and current. Resources include: Gale Literature: Something About the Author, Gale Literature: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale Literature Resource Center, and Gale Literature: LitFinder.
Librarian Tips
Tip: look at general knowledge resources
Looking for something a little broader in scope with less detailed information? Try a general knowledge resource.