*These resources require a Houston Public Library Power Card for access from your home or office.
Digital facsimile images for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. Includes The Galveston Daily News from 1874 until 1897 (see listing under Houston, Texas) *
The largest historic newspaper source online containing tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s.
Online resource for researching the soldiers, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War contains indexed, searchable information on over four million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with fifteen thousand photographs.*
One of the largest collections of family history data online. Ancestry Library Edition is the Ancestry.com database with a interface from Proquest.*
Index to millions of biographical sketches in thousands of reference books.*
Directory of selected names in cemeteries around the United States and other countries.
Houston Public Library's Genealogical Collection.
List of genealogical resources on the Web.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint's links to genealogical resources on the web.
Almost 40 million images of primary source materials. Many are available here for the first time.
Pointers to a variety of genealogy sites, sponsored by Family Treemaker Online.
Swedish Church Records from the 16th 20th century. To access this database please minimize your browser and click on the GenLine Family Finder 2 icon on the computer desktop.
U. S. Federal census records and other research materials for tracing family lineages.*
Houston City Directories for selected years between 1866 and 1922 are now available through the Houston Public Library Digital Archives.
Jewish Genealogical resource that includes 500,000 records including images of tombstones, school yearbook pages and Citizen Declaration documents.*
Genealogical data from the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Offers more than 10.5 million obituaries and death notices in full-image format from uninterrupted historical archives of top newspapers.*
Many sources and links for genealogical researchers.
National database of death records.
The Voyages Database contains records of nearly 35,000 separate slaving voyages between 1514 and 1866, gleaned from original documents and historical publications located in archives, libraries, and other institutions throughout the world.
Network of volunteers working to create a center for genealogical research for every county in the United States.
For more information, search in the databases listed under Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications.