Delve deeper into your family roots with these online resources.
A comprehensive online source of information for genealogical research. Research Census records, vital records, immigration records, and much more including Public Member Trees. Ancestry Library Edition is only accessible in the library at any of our three locations.
FamilySearch is one of the most popular genealogical resources in the world that is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Create your account and you are ready to explore!
The Freedmen’s Bureau Project was created as a set of partnerships between FamilySearch International and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), and the California African American Museum. Started in June 2015, the names of nearly 1.8 million men, women and children are now searchable online.
This genealogical database is available through the Texas State Library. It is a wealth of information from U. S. Federal Censuses (1780-1940); slave schedules for the 1850 & 1860); U. S. Indian Census Rolls (1885-1940); City Directories; Mortality Schedules; Agricultural and Industrial Schedules; 1890 Veterans Schedule and including Books, Revolutionary War, and Freedman's Bank.
Can be viewed from home but contact the McAllen Public Library for pin number.
The introduction of this travel guide in 1936 was to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trips more enjoyable. The Green Book was only a local publication for Metropolitan New York in 1936. The response for copies was so great it was turned into a national issue in 1937 to cover the United States.
This website allows you to explore Texas history materials and collections from Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical and genealogical societies, and private family collections.
AfriGeneas is a site devoted to researching African ancestry mainly in the Americas.
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in America
A resource for information about the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in America.
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing resources for African American genealogical research, preserving historic materials and properties, and promoting healing of wounds that are the legacy of slavery.
Sponsored jointly by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment of the Humanities, this database has digitized images of newspapers from across the United States from 1789-1964.