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Genealogy and Family Research

HeritageQuest Online This link opens in a new window
Genealogical research materials including census records, military records, and family and local histories.
Fold3 Library Edition This link opens in a new window
Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
ProQuest African American Heritage This link opens in a new window
Search for records of African Americans. Visit the AfriGeneas Community, Explore Black Genesis, a State-by-State Resource Guide.

Hispanic Genealogical Research
A research guide provided by the San Antonio Public Library on Hispanic genealogical research. Using it fully would require visiting that library.
Meanings of Last Names
This website provided by the genealogical database Ancestery describes the meanings of many last names.
Find a Grave
Search records of millions of gravesites in the United States.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Includes materials from over 650 reference books on a variety of topics in higher education, including art, business, history, languages, literature, science, criminal justice, and political science.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database; full text of articles from over 5,300 journals, magazines and newspapers, plus image collections.
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US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and the New York Times.
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Proquest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Over 30 million digital pages of seventeen American newspapers dating back to the 18th century.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1770-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Complete historical full text of all issues of peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields. Articles are typically more than 5 years old. Video Tutorial

Family History Research Center of the Houston Public Library
Major center for genealogical research in the Houston area.
Montgomery County Memorial Library Genealogy
The genealogy and local history department of the Montgomery County public library system.

Oral History Collection - LSC-NH
Recorded oral histories from neighborhoods and communities located in and around the Houston area. Student researchers contacted individuals in the area or a particular community, and asked them to reminisce. The oral histories were recorded and transcribed.