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America's Obituaries & Death Notices
Each day, America’s Obituaries & Death Notices collects records from more than 3,100 newspapers nationwide, making them available through one fully searchable database. This comprehensive resource features more than 45 million listings—this is about two-thirds of all recent obituaries and death notices published in the United States.
Ancestry Library Edition
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Census records and indexes, vital, church, military, and many other types of records. --In an effort to expand research during this time of closure, ProQuest and Ancestry.com are providing temporary remote access to Ancestry Library Edition through April 30, 2020.
Fold3 History & Genealogy Archives
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Census records, state records, city directories and historical primary source documents from pre-U.S. Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War.
HeritageQuest Online
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A great resource for census data, family records, local histories and Revolutionary War pension records.
Missouri Newspapers
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Joplin, Kansas City, St. Charles and St. Louis newspapers. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.
Newspapers.com - World Collection
Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s 3,000+ news titles from the U.S. and around the world.
Springfield News-Leader
Index and full-text of the Springfield News-Leader since 1999.
Worldcat
Search for family and local history books owned by libraries worldwide.