Learn how to use some of our Genealogy tools with short, informative tutorials on Niche Academy.

One-stop shop for maps with over 145,000 different maps. Also includes geography quizzes and lesson plans for teachers, and antique maps that can be printed.

Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, selected material from the American State Papers and U.S. Serial Set, the complete Social Security Death Index and more than 29 million obituaries.

Access the U.S. Federal Census (1790-1930), the U.K. Census Collection (1861-1901), the U.S. Immigration Collection, Vital Records, Social Security Death Index, military records, and more.

Online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives worldwide.

Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Brookfield Suburban Life.

Back issues of the Chicago Tribune.

Covering Chicago, the nation, and the world from the past 150 years including: the Civil War, Chicago Mayors, U.S. Presidencies, WWI, WWII, and much more.

Access census records, a genealogy book collection, the Periodical Source Index, Revolutionary War Pension Applications, and more.

Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark.

A listing of free genealogy search engines.

Includes passenger arrival and ship records.

A non-profit family history organization concentrating on genealogical resources.

Genealogy resources for the UK and Ireland.

A list of sites for genealogy research.