HeritageQuest Online

Posted by Michael Pate

HeritageQuest Online is now available from the Heartland Library Cooperative. Beginning and professional genealogists can use this powerful online resource to trace family histories and American culture from the convenience of their home or at the library. Many distinctive and invaluable sources of information can be found within HeritageQuest Online. This is a growing collection which at this time includes:

• Genealogy & Local History Collection (Books) of over 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories, in addition to more than 250 primary source documents such as tax lists, city directories, church and probate records, and more;
• 1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census with complete original images, plus many head-of-household name indexes;
• Periodical Source Index (PERSI), a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,300 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800; and
• the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, which identifies more than 80,000 Americans who served in the war.
• the Freedman's Bank records (1865-1874) enables researchers of African American heritage to search registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company.
• the Lexis Nexis® U.S. Serial Set contains House and Senate documents, such as Private Relief Actions, Memorials and Petitions from 1789-1969.

To get started, visit the Online Resources page of your library where you can learn more about this and other resources that are available to you.

December 10, 2008