An AI-powered platform for text recognition, transcription and searching documents. The learning curve for the tool is somewhat steep, but can save time in the long run!
Has guides and tutorials to help you decipher old handwriting.
How to Use This Page
Welcome to the Genealogy and Local History Research Page! Use this guide to trace family histories using vital records (ie. census materials, birth and death certificates, property records, etc.) It is divided into the following sections: Essential Resources, Maps & Land Records, and Newspapers.
Search the following categories of materials: Birth, Marriage & Death Records; Census and Voter Lists; Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records; Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference Works; Directories & Member Lists; Family Trees; Immigration & Emigration Records; Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers; Military Records; Newspapers & Periodicals; Pictures; Stories, Memories & Histories. Note: The Library Edition of Ancestry.com has fewer personalized options than versions available to private subscribers.
Subjects: History US, History World, Sociology, Statistics and Demography, Archives and Primary Sources, Biographies, Government Information
Resources for discovering articles in periodicals about local history or genealogy. You can search by surname but also towns, events, cemeteries, etc. To get the article in question, place an interlibrary loan request.
Information is volunteer-sourced. Contains many resources including the International Genealogical Index of birth and marriage registers transcribed by volunteers.
The Emory Libraries do not subscribe to Heritage Quest. However, Emory students and staff members are eligible to sign up for a library card from the DeKalb Public Library. DPL offers virtual access to the database.
Fire insurance maps and atlases show entire communities as they were in the past, including businesses, private homes, public places, apartment buildings and government offices. Discover how an area changed over time by comparing maps from different time periods. Includes Sanborn and other fire insurance maps produced from other companies along with real estate maps.
An extensive collection of historic and present-day news sources from around the world. You can focus your search to a region, current newspapers, or historical newspapers.