Local or Family Histories

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Family and/or County Histories - Books

1. FamilySearch Books
2. Genealogy Bank - subscription site
3. Google Books
4. Internet Archive
5. Hathi Trust
6. World Vital Records - subscription required but available free through the database portal
7. Project Gutenberg
8. Making of America - Cornell University's digital library
9. Digital Inter-Library Loan - from the Library of Congress
10. Family History Library Catalog - search by title, author or keyword
11. WorldCat - use to locate a book in the nearest library or to request through inter-library loan

Make sure you're looking for the records in the right place by checking maps of the time period. Also check the "Handybook for Genealogists" or "Redbook" for state or county line boundary changes. You can find some helpful links on our Geographic Resources page.