Genealogy

For use inside the library only  Search billions of records on the world's largest genealogy site.  Investigate photos, census, church, court, or immigration records and more. 

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Discover your family's history through the largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world.  As an affiliate library, the Northbrook Public Library is allowed access to billions of digitized records and images otherwise unavailable to the general public.  Affiliate level access inside the library only 

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The premier collection of newspaper and funeral home obituaries and death notices with coverage dating back to the 1700s across all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia. 

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Search over 4 billion genealogical and historical records, with coverage dating back to the 1700s.  Investigate the U.S. Federal Census (1790-1940), military records dating back to the revolutionary era, Freedman's Bank documents, wills, probate records, maps, photos and more. (Powered by Ancestry). 

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