Unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.
Ancestry (Library Edition)
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History & Genealogy
Online Resources
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Asian Life in America 
The experience and impact of Asian Americans as recorded by the news media, 18th century to today.
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Black Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
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FamilySearch
Discover your family story by using FamilySearch’s restricted images collection, including birth, marriage, death, census, land, and court records from more than 130 countries.
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Fold3 Library Edition
Fold3® features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of the records come from the U.S. National archives, The National Archives of the U.K. and other international records.
Heritage Quest
Heritage Quest combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.
Hispanic Life in America
The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
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History Reference Source
Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, History Reference Source is a research database containing full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents.
Immigrant Life in America
The experience and impact of Immigrant Americans as recorded by the news media.
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Indigenous Life in America
The experience and impact of Indigenous Americans as recorded by the news media, 1690 to today.
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Labor in America
The experience and impact of American workers as recorded by the news media.
LGBTQ+ Life in America New!
Explore the experience and impacts of LGBTQ+ Americans as recorded by the news media, 1705 to today.
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Veterans History Project
The Niles-Maine District Library, in partnership with the Library of Congress, has established a local Veterans History Project Collection to recognize and record the contributions of our nation’s veterans. These primary documents provide individual accounts of service memoirs during World War II, the Korean War and aftermath, and the Vietnam War.