Databases at Libraries

Databases useful for doing genealogy and local history, and libraries that own them:

 

A to Z  Databases

 

Access World News (Newsbank) 

Use this archive to view, save and print articles dating from 1759 to 1977 from smaller newspapers across the country. Use the Advanced Search to see if a newspaper from a specific city is included.

 

Algonquin Area Obituaries Index

 

American Ancestors (in library use only) Formerly New England Ancestors)

Hundreds of searchable databases including vital records, cemetery transcriptions, marriage and death indexes, family histories and more.

 

America's Newspapers (Chicagoland Edition)

 

America's Obituaries & Death Notices (Newsbank)

(A collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices from newspapers across the country)


Ancestry Library Edition


Arkivdigital

 

Aurora Beacon  (microfilm - 1848-1901, 1902-1916, 1916-1917)


ArchivDigital (Swedish Genealogy Records)


Batavia Chronicle  (1976-1990 - microfilm)


Batavia Herald  (1893-1976 - microfilm)


Batavia Republican  (June 14, 1990-March 9, 1995 - microfilm)


Biography In Context


Biography Resource Center


Biography Virtual Reference Library


Black Life in America

 

Chicago Area Newspapers


Chicago Community Coverage (Newsbank)

 

Chicago Tribune Current

Covers 1985-Present


Chicago Tribune Historical (Proquest)

Covers 1849-Present

 

 Chicago Tribune Historical Archive:  (Newsbank)

 

Chicago Tribune On Digital Microfilm (Proquest)


Chicagoland News Source  (Newsbank)


Daily Herald  (1995-present)


Daily Herald Digital Archive  (1901-2013)


Downers Grove Obituary Index


Downers Grove Reporter 1895 – 1922 Digitized


Downers Grove Reporter 1895 – 2018 Microfilm


Find My Past


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Valuable and unique content that consists of more than 60 million pages of historical documents and personal histories; includes millions of records available from the National Archives and other institutions. These digital images of records represent a growing collection of historic documents.


Genealogy Bank


 Glenview Obituary Index


 Hanover Township


Heritage Hub


 Heritage Quest Online


Historic Elburn Newspapers


Historic Map Works

 

Illinois Public Records


Kane County Chronicle


Lake Zurich Courier (1995-current)


Libertyville Newspapers (Link to VITA Page)


Milestone Documents in American History

Primary source documents pertaining to the history of the United States


MyHeritage Library Edition


New York Times (June 1, 1980 - Present)

 

*New York Times Historical Archive

The complete paper--cover-to-cover--from its first issue in 1851 to 2002. 

 

New York Times On Digital Microfilm (Proquest)

 

 Newsbank: America's Newspapers


Newspaper Archive


Newspapers.com


Newsstand  (Proquest)


Oak Lawn newspaper index


Obituaries (Proquest)

 

 OCLC FirstSearch 


 Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA, Now Data Axle)

 

Sanborn Maps of Illinois

Large scale plans of a city or town drawn to the scale of 50 feet to an inch.  Search the archive of maps from 1867-1970. 


St. Charles Chronicle/Kane County Chronicle (1842-1993)


US Newsstream

 

Who's Who


Wilmette Beacon  (2011-ongoing)


Wilmette Life  (2008-ongoing)


Wilmette Local History records  (local papers and indexed obituaries)


World Cat Discovery