U.S. Federal Censuses
feature the original images of every extant federal census in the
United States, from 1790 through 1930, with name indexes for many
decades. In total the collection covers more than 140 million
names.
Genealogy and local history books
deliver more than 7 million digitized page images from over 26,000
family histories, local histories, and other books. Titles have
been digitized from our own renowned microform collections, as
well from the American Antiquarian Society via an exclusive
partnership.
Periodical Source Index (PERSI),
published by the Allen County Public Library, is recognized as the
most comprehensive index genealogy and local history periodicals.
It contains more than 2 million records covering titles published
around the world since 1800.
Revolutionary War records
contains original images from pension and bounty land warrant
application files help to identify more than 80,000 American Army,
Navy, and Marine officers and enlisted men from the Revolutionary
War era.
Freedman’s Bank Records,
with more than 480,000 names of bank applicants, their dependents,
and heirs from 1865–1874, offers valuable data that can provide
important clues to tracing African American ancestors prior to and
immediately after the Civil War.
LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set
records the memorials, petitions, private relief actions made to
the U.S. Congress back to 1789, with a total of more than 480,000
pages of information.
