Resources by Subject: Genealogy

Browse the Ancestry Library Edition: an online collection of data on over 4 billion individuals from North America, Europe, Australia, and more. Please Note: This is only available onsite within the library. View Resource

Explore Aurora-area history through local news, events, and people with the Beacon News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. View Resource

Explore Chicago history through local news, events, and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. View Resource

Explore your family history or conduct in-depth genealogical research with the this collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices from 1704 to today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information, and potentially find unknown family members. Content includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7. View Resource

As a large and useful online data collection for family historians, HeritageQuest Online has the U.S. Census from 1790 through 1930, more than 26,000 family and local history books, Revolutionary War pension files, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) to 2.1 million-plus articles in genealogy and history periodicals, Freedman's Bank records of former slaves, and petitions to Congress that go back to 1789. View Resource

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides information about many of the most popular hobbies, crafts, and recreation activities such as collecting, games and electronics, model building, needlework, outdoors and nature, scrapbooking, and papercraft. View Resource

Explore the Kane County area's history through local news, events, and people with the Kane County Chronicle Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. View Resource

ProQuest invites you to explore this website that focuses on Black Freedom and features select primary source documents related to intrumental people and events in African American history. View Resource

U.S. Major Dailies provides access to current content and significant archives dating back to the 1980s for five of the nation’s most respected national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal, in full-text format. View Resource

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. View Resource