ProQuest has partnered with MyFamily.com to create Ancestry® Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas.
Category Archives: Genealogy Databases
Convenient access to US military records (American Revolution onward), including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 – 1940 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more.
One of the most extensive digital map collections available with over 1.5 million high-resolution, full color historic maps from big cities to small farms. With access to more than five centuries of maps, genealogists, historians, and researchers can gain insight into how physical and human geographies have changed over time. The collection consists of land ownership (cadastral) maps illustrating the geographic and developmental history of the United States.
New York Heritage is a portal for learning more about the people, places and events that contributed to the making of New York State.