Genealogy
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| American-French Genealogical Society is non-profit organization located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island USA. Since its founding in 1978, the Society has acquired over 20,000 books and 7,000 reels of microfilm. Our library contains one of the largest collections of French Canadian genealogical and historical research. AFGS is an affiliate library of the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Through this affiliation, the Society has access to birth, marriage, burial, and in some cases, real estate records from over 130 countries. If you want to dig deeper into your family origins, AFGS also can assist with DNA and genetics research. | |
Boston Public Library Newspaper Databases - Any resident of Massachusetts can apply for a Boston Public Library ecard and access many of their databases from home. The BPL subscribes to many excellent newspaper databases that allow you to search some newspapers dating back to the 18th century. | |
FamilySearch.org is a free alternative to Ancestry. This database has millions of digitized records from around the globe, along with a Research Wiki to help you find other online sources for records. You do have to register for an account with an email address to use FamilySearch, and some records are only viewable at their "Family History Centers." Making an account with FamilySearch does allow you to make your own family tree, unlike Ancestry Library Edition. | |
FindaGrave.com is a community-created record of gravesites and cemeteries from all around the world. Find your own relatives, or help by adding photographs of headstones and memorials! | |
Fold 3 is the premier collection of hundreds of millions of U.S. military records. Click on the logo or link below to access the resource! The library provides IN LIBRARY ACCESS ONLY to Fold 3. You can access this resource on both the library computers and on our WiFi network using your own device!
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Heritage Quest has Millions of census records, family histories, military and bank records and access to Periodical Source Index Archive.
Click on the logo or link below to access the resource! The library provides IN LIBRARY ACCESS ONLY to Heritage Quest. You can access this resource on both the library computers and on our WiFi network using your own device!
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New England Historic Genealogical Society's AmericanAncestors.org provides access to 1.4+ billion records spanning the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond, including one of the most extensive online collections of early American genealogical records, the largest searchable collection of published genealogical research journals and magazines, and the only online source for records from Boston's Catholic Archdiocese. | |
Norfolk County Registry of Deeds Genealogy Resources Land documents dating back to 1793, deeds, mortgages, death certificates, plans of land, and old city/town atlases, along with other documents that are useful in examining the past.
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Records straight from the source: Many of the records of our ancestors that survive to this day were created by government agencies at the local, state, and federal level. These records are held by public archives and libraries that have reference staff to help you search. Below are links to the websites of a few such institutions.
National Archives NARA at Boston website - click here to send them an email
New England State Archives - Website and email contacts Rhode Island State Archives Email RI Archives |