Hackney Library: Social Studies: Resources For Genealogy

Genealogy Tools

HeritageQuest This link opens in a new window
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This genealogy and history resource combines a collection of page images of over 25,000 family and local histories from ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History Online database with HeritageQuest's complete U.S. Federal Census records from 1790-1930; access to PERSI, a subject index to genealogy and local history periodicals in US and Canada since 1800; Revolutionary War records; Freedman's Savings & Trust Bank Records from 1865-1874, etc.
ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new window
ArchiveGrid is a searchable catalog of archival materials (including historical documents, personal papers, and family histories) held by public and private libraries, museums, and archives. Thousands of institutions have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
Ancestry Library Edition This link opens in a new window
Ancestry Library Edition is now a part of Heritage Quest. The new link will take you there.