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GEN: Using Ancestry

Recommended resources

Heritage Quest

This database is available off-campus

Using Ancestry

You can access the database here

Collections and data sets

Here are some of the datasets that are available on this database:

Birth, marriage and death

Birth, Baptism and christening

Marriage and divorce

Death, burial, cemetery and obituaries

Census and voter lists

US Federal Census Collection

UK Census Collection

Canadian Census Collection

Immigration and travel

Passenger lists

Citizenship and naturalization records

Border crossings and passports

Military

Draft, enlistment and service 

Soldier, veteran and prisoner rolls

Schools, directories and church histories

City and area directories

Professional and organizational directories

Church histories and records

Tax, criminal, land and wills

Land records

Tax lists

Court, governmental and criminal  records

Reference, dictionaries and almanacs

General reference materials

Research guides and finding aids

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

Stories and publications

Stories, memories and histories

Newspapers

Periodicals and magazines

Photos and maps

Pictures

Maps, atlases and gazetteers

Credits

This guide was created by Beth Reardon, October 2024