Genealogy & Local History

Get the latest reliable and credible information with Access World News, opens a new window, which features a wide variety of international, national and local news sources. You can research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as political science, English, sociology, humanities, business, international studies and more.

Search for Coloradans and obituaries in the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, 1990 to 2009) , The Denver Post (1989 to Current) and other regional news and newspaper sources.

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Discover where you came from! Ancestry Library Edition, opens a new window is a popular genealogy service featuring more than 9,000 databases and 200 billion images from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe and Australia. Search census records, the Social Security Death Index, as well as military and immigration records to explore your family history.

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Check out these headlines from the past! Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection, opens a new window features almost a million digitized pages from more than 200 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923.

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Fold3 Library Edition, opens a new window combines official military records with deep first-person content, including bios, photos, letters and more. More than 500 million searchable records span hundreds of years.

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Discover your family's story and how to preserve it with resources from the library. Learn how to find obituaries, get search tips for newspapers and genealogy websites, explore recommended books, and find out how to convert your old media into new digital formats at the library.

Heritage Hub, opens a new window from NewsBank let's you explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 to today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images.

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HeritageQuest Online, opens a new window provides a comprehensive collection of genealogical and local history resources. This database makes it convenient to explore billions of American and international genealogical records dating back to the 1700s — including unique primary sources, family and local histories, research guides, interactive census maps and more.

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Interested in finding out about your family history? MyHeritage Library Edition, opens a new window is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. MyHeritage Library Edition provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos and other resources in thousands of databases that span the past five centuries. 

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The World Collection of Newspapers.com, opens a new window Library Edition provides online access to nearly 20,000 historical newspapers. It offers full-page images with searchable full text for millions of pages of newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. With ongoing updates and new content continually being added, there’s always more to be discovered.

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