Genealogy
Genealogy
genealogy & local history
The Genealogy and Local History Department of Willard Library looks forward to helping you uncover the past.
Willard Library welcomes genealogy researchers and we encourage you to register for a Willard Library card. Please sign in on a daily basis, using the registration book, and leave all cases and large bags at the Special Collections desk. Please use only pencils, and do not re-shelve items after use.
Please email the Special Collections Librarian for any correspondence relating to genealogical questions.
Genealogy Services
Unless an item is marked “No Photocopying Allowed” (because of its fragility), items may be copied.
- 8-1/2″ x 11″ – 15 cents per page
- 8-1/2″ x 14″ – 15 cents per page
- 11″ x 17″ – 25 cents per page
Free of charge; one hour or one time per day, whichever is lesser; requires library card; printing is 15 cents per page
Available for use at no charge
15 cents per copy
Willard Library can borrow from most public libraries, internationally. Patrons may make an interlibrary loan request with a Willard Library card; cost includes postage fees and any fees assessed by the lending library.
The library staff is available to assist you in person, by phone, and by e-mail with your reference questions. In the event we cannot fully answer a reference question, the library staff will refer you to an agency able to provide the requested information. The library staff is unable to provide medical, legal, or tax advice beyond the scope of the Willard Library collection.
- Exploring the Ancestry Library Edition Database -TSGS October 2021 program
- Notes
- Willard Library’s Databases for Home Use
This packet is available online for a limited time. You may print as many copies as you need for your children’s use. It is a great tool for helping your children learn about your family’s history.
genealogy events
Explore your history with events that chronicle local Evansville history. Discover the rich and varied stories of Evansville’s past through our monthly events, presentations, and exhibitions.
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Genealogy
genealogy research tools
Looking to dig deeper into the unforgettable stories of the past? Use one of our many genealogy research tools to search through the archives of yesteryear.
Find the branches on your family tree with this online resource, part of the library’s genealogy and local history services.
Launch
A groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.
Fold3 is the web’s premier collection of original US military records, including many from the US National Archives.
A library of over 12 million maps, including the First Landowners project and “Antique Maps” collection.
In-Library Use Only
Discover your ancestors with the world’s largest history and genealogy database. Browse national and international records from 1500-2008.
Explore the lives of your ancestors, discover your family’s history, uncover your ethnic origins, start your family tree, and more.
In-Library Use Only
JSTOR provides access to more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Find Yesterday’s News Today
Access Newspapers from around the world and throughout history using this database.
A valuable alternative source for genealogical information found in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, church records, such as baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths.
A valuable alternative source for genealogical information found in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, church records, such as baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths.
Vanderburgh County, Indiana, marriages from 1818 to 1979 and a form to request county records.
Please email the Special Collections Librarian for any correspondence relating to genealogical questions.
Trace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more.
In-Library Use Only
Whether you are a researcher, historian or you simply want to know more about Britain’s history, take this fantastic opportunity to search The British Newspaper Archive – a vast treasure trove of historical newspapers from your own home.
In-Library Use Only
Search through 15,941 historic newspaper archives to do genealogy and family history. Find obituaries, marriage and birth announcements, and other local and national news for over 8.5 billion people!
Search through the historic catalog of Evansville’s Sanborn fire insurance maps to learn more about the buildings that call Evansville home.
The ProQuest platform makes hundreds of full text and A&I (Abstracts & Indexes) collections available to researchers around the world.