LibGuides: BGSU 1910 Toledo's Great Migration: Genealogy Resources

Links to Historical Newspapers

There are many newspapers available online that might be useful for your research. You'll find information and links on the following research guides.

Historical Newspaper Databases
This page lists historical newspaper databases to which the BGSU Libraries provide access.

Basic Internet Genealogy Sites

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
An incredible, organized list of genealogy sites on the Internet. This list includes thousands of links.
Cyndi's List: African American Links
Cyndi's List: United States, by State
FamilySearch.org
A massive, free searchable collection of databases.
Family Search's Family History Research Wiki
A wiki that has information about genealogy resources available for many topics, including what's available for state, counties, and cities in the U.S.
State Index of Newspapers, Obituary Search Engines, Obit Indexes, & Death Records
Index of Questions [from each of the Decennial Censuses of Population and Housing in the U.S.]
Instructions to Enumerators (U.S. Decennial Censuses)
These are the instruction given to the people who collected the population and housing census information for the decennial censuses.
U.S. GenWeb Project
This site lists thousands of genealogy Internet sites, organized by geographic location.
Find a Grave
Index of grave sites throughout the United States, organized by geography. Sometimes, you'll find a photo of the grave marker, links to graves for family members, or even an obituary.
Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch)
Searchable database of people whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration, 1962-February 2014.

BGSU 1910 Toledo's Great Migration: Genealogy Resources

Introduction

Links to Historical Newspapers

Basic Internet Genealogy Sites