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Search for your ancestors at the Morris Area Public Library
using 2 new genealogy databases. Use any library computer to
search Ancestry Library or HeritageQuest Online.
Ancestry Library
http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com
Search a wide variety of records
including: U.S. Census, U.S. Marriage and Death Records, U.K.
Census Collection, Civil War Service Records, and Immigration
Records. For use on
library computers only. no home access for this database.
HeritageQuest Online
http://www.heritagequestonline.com
Search Census records, Family and
Local History Books, Genealogy & Local History Articles, and
Revolutionary War Records. YOU MAY SEARCH THIS DATABASE FROM
YOUR HOME COMPUTER if you have a Morris Area Public Library
card. From the Morris Library Home page click on the
HeritageQuest Online link on the left.
The local history collection
at the Morris Library contains non-circulating materials that may be of use in
genealogical research. Of particular interest are:
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Card file index of names and
items appearing in the Morris Daily Herald from 1853 to
1930.
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Grundy County Cemetery
Index
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Census records for Grundy
County.
The library also
offers two microfilm machines for public use located in the
local history area. There is no charge to use the machines,
however, there is a 10 cent charge per page for printouts. |
