Genealogy  

Ancestry® Library Edition is similar (but not identical) to the consumer version. This research tool offers comprehensive international genealogical information, with more than 5 billion names in thousands of collections. Details. Available only on Library computers. No remote access due to licensing.

Digital, searchable images of US federal census records from 1790 - 1930. Includes family and local histories, tax lists, probate records and city directories. Details

Digital reproductions of every page from every issue. Another year added annually.(1877-1995)

Digital reproductions of every page from every issue. Another year added annually.(1851-2008) w/ Index (1851-1993)

Find long-lost relatives or neighbors or plan your next family reunion with this database of millions of households. Choose the Residential option for online directory of nationwide "white pages" listings.

Email the Library's Virginia Room staff for help with your historical research

Simple overview of the basic steps and tips for managing your research

Lists of the best sites for finding obituaries, oral histories, births and baptisms, prison records and more

Search by state/county or surname to find useful genealogy links

Many useful links for free resources in each state. Also, hard to find info on Native American genealogy

Family tree, family history, ancestry, genealogy and census records. From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Genealogy sites for U.S. counties with links and digital documents. Part of the USGENWEB project

Connects people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research

Genealogy applications such as "FamilyBuilder" and "We're Related" make your Facebook page a hub for exchanging family tree information

Provides information for obtaining birth, marriage, and death records for all fifty states.

Find information on anyone whose death has been reported to the U.S. Social Security Administration. Contains details about birth, death, and last residence

Fully-searchable index to Virginia city and county death registers compiled 1853-1896. Fifteen cities and counties have been indexed to date

Index of military casualties from 1794 to present. Search by name, conflict, location, or branch of service to find date, place, and cause of death.

Newspapers from 1860-1922 are available to read and search online, including obituaries. From the Library of Congress

Though it is a fee-based service, you can get useful free information about when and where an obituary appeared. Check these details against the Library's online newspaper database coverage

Search 50 million grave records, or look for a particular cemetery

Search for burial locations of veterans and their dependents in national and state cemeteries, and other military cemeteries

Find your immigrant ancestors, then view their actual passenger manifests and images of the ships they traveled on. Ellis Island was the entry point for millions of immigrants between 1892 and 1924.

An amazing tool if your family arrived through the port of New York before Ellis Island opened. Find information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892

Search transcripts of ship manifests for passengers who did not come through Ellis Island, between 1683 - 1929

Devoted to African American genealogy, includes message boards and daily and weekly genealogy chats.

Index of more than 370,000 Jewish surnames that appear in 31 different databases.

Includes the Family Tree of the Jewish People, the Holocaust Database of 500,000 victims and survivors, and the Online Worldwide Burial Registry

Online index from the civil registers of English and Welsh births, marriages and deaths from 1837 to 1903

Search 19th century UK census returns

Search baptism, marriage, and burial records transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers in the UK

Digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. Search by location, decade, or key word.

Links to Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Spanish and many more genealogy resources.