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GENEALOGY

African American Genealogy Day @ the Main Library

The Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society's African-American Interest Group will be holding it's second annual genealogy day (Saturday, September 18, 2010, here at the Main Library. The theme is "What Didn't You Ask Your Grandmother, Reclaiming Your Heritage". Anyone from beginners to seasoned researchers are welcome to attend this all day... Read More

FEATURED RESOURCES

Family History Archive (BYU)
The Family History Archive is a growing collection of several thousand digitized (full-text) family, county and community histories now available online thru Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library. This, plus the family, county and community histories in HeritageQuest provide a substantial collection of family histories now available online.

ANCESTRY PLUS & HERITAGE QUEST

Ancestry Plus
(in library use only)
With access to two billion names, AncestryPlus is one of the most comprehensive online sources of genealogical information. The databases include digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Military records, Vital Records, plus much more.

Heritage Quest
(card required for home access)
More than 7.5 million pages from genealogical resources are included in this comprehensive database.

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GENEALOGY IN COLUMBUS

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OBITUARY SEARCH

Search the Columbus News Index to find obituaries from Columbus newspapers.

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RESOURCES

TOOLS

Click here to find links to many online genealogy tools, such as vital records, census forms, pedigree charts and genealogy researchers.

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Click here to discover what Resources the Columbus Metropolitan Library has to offer. There is detailed information on the Genealogy, History and Travel Division's hours and collection.
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