Ancestry Library Edition
Start searching billions of records and discover your family’s story at ancestrylibrary.com.
America’s News – 2022 Edition – Newsbank
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.
Heritage Hub – NewsBank
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.
Detroit News Collection – NewsBank
Explore Detroit history through local news, events and people with Detroit News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Ann Arbor News Collection – NewsBank
Explore Ann Arbor history through local news, events and people with Ann Arbor Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
USA Today Collection – NewsBank
Explore USA history through local news, events and people with USA TODAY Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Mel Databases
MeL, the Michigan eLibrary, is an anywhere, anytime library for Michigan residents.
eResources and Research – Michigan eLibrary
Brought to you by MeL.org – Michigan’s 24/7 library. The resources contain millions of full-text articles.
Ford Heritage Vault
Ford is making more than 5,000 curated Ford and Lincoln photographs and product brochures from the first century of the company’s history available to the public online for the first time – and will continue to grow the site as new items are added. The searchable collection – at https://fordheritagevault.com – spans Ford’s production history from the company’s founding in 1903 to its centennial in 2003. Historical assets are available to Ford enthusiasts as free downloads for personal use from the American-based auto industry’s most comprehensive online database, which will continue to be updated and expanded.
Additional Online Resources
archive.org/details/yearbooks – Historical Yearbooks
Annual compilations of the student body of high schools, colleges, academic institutions, and academies.
Often published by the student body itself, and a compilation of history, biography and world outlook.
archive.org – County Histories/City Directories
Category: Books. Some of the things to discover are:
Scanned historical county histories with narrative.
Drawings.
Maps.
Biographical information of county residents.
Scanned historical city directories.
Pre-dated telephone directories that listed both a person’s address and occupation.
findagrave.com
Find a Grave – Volunteers contribute death and burial information. Details may include dates and places of death,
links to family members, biographical information and pictures of headstones.
deathindexes.com
Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records – Site creator Joe Beine has created a directory of links to websites
with online death indexes, listed by state and county.
Library and Archives Canada
Search Canadian census records, military records, and other family history resources at Canada’s national library.
Chronicling America
Free site from the Library of Congress which contains select digital images of American newspaper pages from
1777-1963 and a directory of American newspapers published from 1690 – present.
TimeAndDate.com
This website has many tools helpful in researching and calculating date.
Suggested uses:
*Create calendars for specific years.
*Calculate dates on headstones.
*Find out what date “last Thursday” was when mentioned in an obituary.