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Ancestry Library
Only available in Central and Branch libraries.

[Provides access to a wide range of resources for genealogical and historical research. It includes all available records from the United States Census (1790-1930); military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more.]

HeritageQuest Online

A collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture, including the United States Federal Census, a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories and an index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.

Newspaper Archive.com—Syracuse Newspapers
Only available in Central and Branch libraries.

A searchable archive of Syracuse newspapers from 1857 forward. This collection includes full text and images of newspaper pages.

NewsBank

Full text of the Syracuse Post-Standard and the Herald-Journal / Herald American (1986-present), the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1999-present), and the Utica Observer-Dispatch (2003-present). This collection is text only and has no images.

ReferenceUSA

Business and residential phone numbers, addresses, and other directory information, including reverse phone number lookups. Coverage is for the United States only.

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