Genealogy and Local History Resources

These resources include some of the essential resources online for genealogy and local history.

  • Heritage Quest

    Login to Heritage Quest using your OWWL library card number as the required "barcode" to access this genealogical resource that includes U.S. census records, the Freedman's Bank, and Revolutionary War documents. GENEVA LIBRARY CARD NEEDED

  • Ancestry.com

    This is the library edition of Ancestry.com It provides somewhat a different set of resources than what's available to individuals by subscription, but does include census records and passenger lists. ONLY AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY

  • Chronicling America

    Chronicling America is another great Library of Congress resource that supports searching and viewing newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and discovering information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. It is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

  • Finger Lakes/Genesee River Valley Heritage

    "The Finger Lakes/Genesee River Valley Heritage (FLGRVH) provides a glimpse at the history and culture of the Finger Lakes and Genesee River Valley areas of upstate New York.

  • Geneva Historical Society

    The Geneva Historical Society, a non-profit educational corporation, is committed to preserving and interpreting the collective heritage of Geneva, New York and its environs.

  • New York State Library: Genealogy

    New York State's most extensive genealogical collection plus reference help for extensive research

  • NYGenWeb: Gateway to New York Genealogy and History

    NYGenWeb is a member of the USGenWeb Project and a New York State genealogy guide hosted by RootsWeb, and coordinated by Robert G. Sullivan (nygwsc@yahoo.com) and Martha S. Magill (hmwgenealogy@yahoo.com), as well as dozens of county coordinators and volunteers.

  • Old Fulton NY Post Cards

    A labor of love, this site has images of 19th and 20th century New York State Historical Newspapers and claims to have over 12,698,000 pages available to search. It's not the easiest site to navigate, but if you're looking for a "historic" needle in the haystack, it's one haystack you want to look in.

  • RootsWeb

    This is an entry point into the collaborative effort of millions of online genealogists and sponsored by Ancestry.com.