Glenview Public Library - Online Databases

Genealogy
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America's Obituaries & Death Notices

Genealogy and local history research: digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.

Ancestry Library Edition

Genealogy and local history research: digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes biographical dictionaries and who's whos, subject encyclopedias, and literary criticism. It also acts More

as an index to other indexes. BGMI indexes only reference works containing multiple biographies; it does not index periodical articles or books of biography about a single individual.Hide

Biography Resource Center

The Biography Resource Center combines biographies from over 130 sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, More

Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, and Writers Directory, with full-text biographical articles from more than 265 magazines.Hide

Chicago Tribune Archive

Useful for finding obituaries and news stories from 1849-1984..

E-Journal Portal

Find specific online publications by title or by subject.

Glenview Obituary Index

An index of obituaries in the Glenview Announcements, the Glenview Journal, The Glenview View, and other local sources. It is a work in progress. More

If you do not find the name you are researching, please contact the Reference Desk. Hide

Heritage Quest

Research materials for tracing family history and American culture for beginning or professional genealogists.

Newsbank: America's Newspapers

The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers including: the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, More

the Daily Herald, the Glenview Announcements, the New York Times, major metro Newspapers, and local newspapers throughout Illinois.Hide

OCLC FirstSearch

Find genealogy books at other libraries around the country and the world.

ReferenceUSA

An online telephone directory database used for residential and business listings nationwide.