Research Databases

List of research database titles, descriptions and links
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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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