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View records from the United States Census; military records; court, land, and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more!

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The experience and impact of Asian Americans as recorded by the news media, 18th century to today.  

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Your ultimate Chicago-area community news resource! Contains current and historical articles from more than 270 Chicagoland daily and weekly papers, including Arlington Heights Journal, Schaumburg Review, and many more. Read staff-written news and information on the people, issues and events of greater Chicagoland.

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Research Chicago history through the Chicago Daily News Collection with coverage from 1875 to 1978. Primary source information to examine events, issues and daily life in the context of the historical period, featuring archived full newspaper pages.

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Coverage of historical digitized and searchable archive back to 1929, the full-text paper from 1986 to current, with full-color images from 2018 to current. 

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This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers, and scholars with easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society, and events from 1849 to 2015.

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As an affiliate library, the Elk Grove Village Public Library offers access to FamilySearch's two billion digitized records, as well as around 400 million records not available to the public outside the Library. These resources include images from historical papers and other sources, surname lists, obituaries, cemetery records, and much more. Users must create a free FamilySearch account in order to use the database.

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Provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

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Easily search and browse obituaries, death notices, and funeral home notices from 1690-current.

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Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 - 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. Access is available 24/7.

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Search U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and more.

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The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.    

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Searchable full-text and page images of more than 60 premier newspapers, including Chicago Tribune (from 1849), New York Times (from 1857), Washington Post (from 1987), Wall Street Journal (from 1889) and Los Angeles Times (from 1881). For current issues of these titles, see U.S. Newsstream.

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The experience and impact of Immigrant Americans as recorded by the news media.

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The experience and impact of Indigenous Americans as recorded by the news media, 1690 to today.  

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Explore the experience and impacts of LGBTQ+ Americans as recorded by the news media, 1705 to today.

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Genealogical records from all over the world.

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Billions of newspaper articles from publications around the world dating from 1607 to present. Immerse yourself in rich historical content, as every newspaper within this archive is fully searchable by keyword and date.

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Contains full and portions of runs of well-known, regional, and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Great for genealogy or historical research.

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