 | Available to Central, City, Suburban | In Library Use Only Provides access to a wide range of resources for genealogical and historical research. It includes all available records from the United States Census (1790-1940); military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more. |
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 | Available to Central, City Direct, immediate, free access to National Archive records including more than 5 million military records, documents, and stories. Also includes over 74 million digitized documents and images, such as War of 1812 pension applications, stunning documentary photographs, and even original Civil War battle sketches. The Fold3 Training Center includes a link to ‘Finding Your Military Veterans’ a free video course from Ancestry Academy. Learn More: http://proquest.libguides.com/Fold3 |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Video instructions (13mins) |
 | Available to Central, City A collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture, including a complete set of U.S. Federal Census [head of household] records from 1790-1930, a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and an index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles. Learn More: http://proquest.libguides.com/heritagequestonline |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban A comprehensive news collection ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, national and international level. Titles include over 3,650 American newspapers, blogs, newswires, news magazines, journals, international special reports and videos. Jump to suggested trending topics or special collections like the Onondaga County Newspapers and the Post-Standard. All papers are in full text or are fully searchable digital images. Customized email alerts can be set up to follow a particular topic or news event of interest. Collections Helpful How To Tutorials |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban ** UPDATE 04/08/26 - Newspaper Archive is continuing to work on this link. To access Syracuse newspapers, go to Newspaper Archive advanced search ** A database by Newspaper Archive.com Providing access to the Syracuse Post-Standard, 1875-to current year. |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban ** UPDATED 04/08/26 - Restoration of this database is still in progress. ** Syracuse newspapers can be found through the Advanced Search. What’s currently available:
These features are not yet restored:
** END OF UPDATE ** A searchable archive of digital images and full text from newspapers in these states:
Included in the collection is a searchable archive of Syracuse newspapers from 1857 forward.  General FAQs |
 | Available to Central, City Coverage: 2008 – present (with a one-month lag time). The full-page images of this digitized newspaper provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with cover-to-cover access to complete and recent newspaper content. Every page is full-text searchable and results can be saved in My Research Account. |
 | Available to Central, City Coverage: 2008 – present (with a one-month lag time). The full-page images of this digitized newspaper provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with cover-to-cover access to complete and recent newspaper content. Every page is full-text searchable and results can be saved in My Research Account. |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban A business and consumer research tool to use for quick lookups or creating customized lists. Includes listings for more than 14 million U.S. business, 4 million new businesses, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, more than 800,000 U.S. physicians and dentists and 210 million U.S. residences. Profiles include contact and other directory information. Advanced search allows users to do reverse phone number lookups, search by yellow page heading, business SIC code, zip code, SMSA and more. Tutorials To Download the Mobile App:
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