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Genealogy and People Search

Build your family tree. Find facts about famous people and residential directory information.

Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry. Comprehensive information for genealogical research.
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AtoZdatabases

Directory, marketing and job search database includes 30 million business profiles and 220 million residents. App: iOS
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Black Newspaper Collection (Historical)

Historical newspaper articles in PDF format
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Dictionary of American Family Names

More than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States.
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Explora for Public Libraries

Search across multiple resources to get articles, books, videos and images for general research
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Gale Business: DemographicsNow

Find demographics data, market research and directory information
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Genealogy and People Search Information Guide

Provides resources curated by expert librarians.
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HeritageQuest Online

Genealogy research tools including Federal Censuses, and family and local histories
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Oakwood Cemetery Database

A listing of burials in Austin's oldest cemetery
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Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

Detailed property and land-use records of Texas towns and cities from 1867 to 1970
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