Research History, Biography & Genealogy
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Search the earliest years of the Courant for articles and images that relate Connecticut and national history. |
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Facts On File World News Digest (in library) |
The World News Digest database from Facts on File summarizes news events and historical happenings from 1940 to the present in America and worldwide. |
For High School ages and up. Covering U.S. history from colonial times to the present, this in an integrated collection of articles, reference works, primary source documents, timelines, historical maps and atlases, and audio and video clips of historic speeches and events. This in an ICONN database. |
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| History Resource Center: World | For High School ages and up. Extensive coverage of the 20th century, and also covers the Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Near East and Asia as well as the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the modern Middle East and Latin America. Moves chronologically from antiquity to the present and geographically around the globe. This is an ICONN database. |
Use this genealogy and family history database to search for census records, birth and death records, marriage records, passenger lists and more. This database can only be used while in the library. |
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Biographies and images of newsmakers and figures of prominence from ancient through contemporary times. |
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Covers nearly 5 million people and points to books and other publications that contain their biographies. |
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Search U.S. federal censuses, family and local histories, and primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, and probate records. Materials date back to the 1700s. |
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Contemporary and historical photographs taken of U.S. and world events from the mid-1800s to present. |
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Use this comprehensive database to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of literature, history, biographies,science and social studies. This is an iCONN database. |
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| Free Internet Links You Might Want to Try | |
A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet. |
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Ships' registers from 1892-1924. |
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Access to the Mormon Church's vast database with |
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This site contains extensive interactive guides and numerous research tools for tracing family histories. |
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American Memory is a gateway to source material relating to the history and culture of the United States. |
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The Best of History website contains links to over 800 |
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The Connecticut History Online website currently contains about 14,000 images of photographs, drawings and prints which may be searched or browsed in a variety of ways, including by keyword, subject, creator, title and date. Online learning tools created especially for middle and high school students provide suggestions for interpreting and exploring the database. |
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Independently published site devoted to "a fact-based, |
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Interesting and diverse history and culture links at the Smithsonian Institute's website. |
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More than 25,000 biographies from the A&E TV Network |
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| USA.gov | Learn more about your ancestors from government records: national and state archives, the census, immigration and naturalization records, passenger ship arrivals, vital documents, land records, veterans gravesite locators, prison records, and much more. |
"Ever wanted to know if a famous person was dead or alive? This site will help you find your answer. Famous (and semi-famous) people from various walks of life - entertainment, politics, sports, music, law, ... and others" ... are listed. |
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