Genealogy and Local History
Genealogy databases and websites
- Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only)
- Genealogy database includes census images, vital statistics, family trees and historic records
- HeritageQuestOnline (library card required from home)
- Research your f amily's history online using census records and published family and local histories. Includes PERSI, Periodicals Source Index, for genealogical and local history magazines
- Newspaper Archive (in-library use only)
largest historical newspaper database online. It contains millions of
searchable pages from hundreds of newspapers dating back to the 1700s.
The collection includes coverage from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
- Black Hawk County GenWeb
- Links to genealogical resources for Black Hawk County
- Cyndi's List
- A large site with thousands of links, categorized and cross-referenced in over 50 categories. Extensive and easy to use.
- Ellis Island
- Search the records for those who passed through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924.
- Maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, this allows access to not only genealogical records, but their comprehensive library catalog.
- A source for the beginning and advanced genealogist. Includes links to free databases, step-by-step guides to genealogy, "tips of the day," and a comprehensive site-finder and a family-finder.
- Iowa Genealogical Society
- IGS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create and foster
an interest in genealogy and to aid others in researching their family
- Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society
- Resources available from the Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society
Local History websites
- Black Hawk County History
- Brief history of Black Hawk County from the county's website
- Cedar Falls History
- Brief history of Cedar Falls from the city's website
- Cedar Falls Historical Society
- Learn about the life and times of the people of Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Grout Museum District
- Five museums in Waterloo, Iowa that explore the region's history, culture and sciences
- State Historical Society of Iowa
- A main repository of Iowa historical and genealogical information.
- Iowa Digital Heritage Project
- an online repository for Iowa history and culture