Genealogy and Local History Resources

Ancestry Library Edition
Delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more.

Click here to use Ancestry.com while in the library.
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*As of 12/31/2021, Ancestry Library Edition is no longer available for use at home, and if you wish to access Ancestry with your Library account, you will have to do so at the Library.

Microfilm Reader
Coming to the library to do research? Call us on the day to reserve our microfilm reader, complete with scanning, printing, and collage features.
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The Library has microfilm reels of the Finger Lakes Times, Geneva Daily Times, & Geneva Gazette newspapers from
​1806 to 2019.

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Trying to hunt down your family tree? Not sure where to look besides Ancestry.com?
​Try some of these helpful sites:

• ​​1940 Census Official Site​
• Archives.com
• Cyndi’s List
• Digital Public Library of America
• Family Search
• Find a Grave
• USGenWeb

 Guides to Other Resources:

• Ancestor Hunt ​
• Family Search Wiki
• New York State Library: Genealogy
• OWWL Local History Resources​

New York State Digital Resources:

• Fulton History
• NYGenWeb
• NY Heritage Digital Collections
  • Geneva NY City Directories & GPL Digital Collection
• NYS Archives Digital Collections 
• NYS Historic Newspapers 
• NYS Library Digital Collections 
• Rochester Genealogical Society 

 And don’t forget to ask Historic Geneva for more help.