Research Databases

List of research database titles, descriptions and links
African American Heritage

African American Heritage

Primary sources devoted specifically to African American family history, including census records, vital records, freedman and slave records, church records, legal records, and more.
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Ancestry Library Edition

Ancestry.com Library Edition

The world’s most popular genealogy collection—with census reports, city directories, public records, military records, immigration and naturalization records, and more.

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Fold3

Fold3

Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
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Granville Newspaper Archive

Granville Newspaper Archive

 View the Granville Times (1880-1987), Granville Sentinel (1941-2011), Granville Denisonian (1898-1899), Granville Times and Denisonian (1899), and Granville Licking Pioneers and Issac Smucker Scrapbook (1867-1926) for free.  

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Heritage Quest Online

Heritage Quest

HeritageQuest Online provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.
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Sanborn Insurance Maps

Sanborn Insurance Maps

The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist provides a searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division. 
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