Genealogy & Family History
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Ancestry Library Edition
The Ancestry.com you’ve seen advertised ,but from from EVPL. Includes billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more.
Note: This database is only accessible using a library workstation or EVPL WiFi.
Biography Reference Bank
Biographical database offering in-depth profiles from Current Biography and World Authors, the periodical coverage of Biography Index, and specialist content of Junior Authors & Illustrators.
Biography Reference Center
Thousands of reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography Today and Biography, plus narrative biographies not available in other databases.
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S.
A collection of open primary resources on the struggles African Americans have faced on the road to freedom. Selected by ProQuest, the documents span the slavery struggle in the 1790’s to current day issues.
Browning Genealogy Database
The Browning Genealogy Database is the lifetime work of Charles Browning, who compiled the obituary records of Vanderburgh County and surrounding southwestern Indiana from Evansville newspapers.
Digital Archive
The Digital Archive created by the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library contains images of photographs, postcards, and documents representing people, places, and things in and around Evansville, Indiana. Original images in this collection are from the Indiana Collection, located at Central Library in downtown Evansville, or from local residents.
Evansville Historical Newspapers
Full-page, fully searchable digitized editions of historical Evansville newspapers from 1848-1998. Available thanks to a generous grant from the EVPL Foundation.
Due to NewsBank restrictions, this resource is available only to EVPL resident cardholders (PLAC not applicable) or via in-house Library computers.
Evansville Local History Database
Newspaper clippings of local value from the Evansville Press.
Evansville Local History eBooks
Historical books and pamphlets about Evansville people and places. Original images are from the Indiana Collection.
Indiana Room
Research local and regional history with a special collection of physical materials in EVPL Central’s Indiana Room, including books, atlases, magazines, and more about Evansville, Vanderburgh County, the Southwestern region of Indiana, and the state of Indiana. Also includes a collection of city directories and school yearbooks.
Inspire – Indiana’s Virtual Library
INSPIRE offers magazines, books, encyclopedias, and other resources to all Indiana residents.
Local History
With print and digital historical resources, EVPL offers many different ways to research and study the history of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, and Southwestern Indiana.
MyHeritage
MyHeritage is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. It contains billions of historical records from all over the world to support family history research.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Indiana Collection
Digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to local and regional history. Coverage includes leading issues and events, immigration, industrial developments, and race relations, as well as international, local and regional politics. Each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Learn more about Holocaust survivors and their testimonies via recordings from the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.
Topic Search
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
