Bradley Public Library District

Online documents, photos, articles, and other information about the history of Illinois and the local area, plus genealogy resources.

• Ancestry.com: Discover your ancestors with the world's largest family history website. Start a family tree, browse census records and more online at Ancestry.  Ancestry.com is an in library use only database 
• HeritageQuest Online: HeritageQuest Online™ combines digital, searchable images of U.S.federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. Bradley library card holders can access this resource from home using your library card number.
• FamilySearch:  Search for family ancestors. Billions of free family tree, family history, ancestry, genealogy and census records.
• wiki.familysearch.org: Free family history research advice for the community, by the community.
• Family History Archive: A collection of published genealogy and family history books and periodicals.
• Illinois Digital Archives: A portal to online exhibits and collections from libraries and museums across the state. A project of the Illinois State Library. Additional online collections are searchable through the Digital Illinois catalog.
• Illinois Harvest:  Is a free public website developed at the University of Illinois Library that brings together and organizes digital resources about Illinois, written by Illinois authors, or included among the growning digital collections of the University of Illinois Library.  Includes links to maps, books, photographs, journal articles, posters, and manuscripts from libraries and museums around the world.
• Illinois History Resource Page: Dozens of links, compiled by the Illinois State Historical Society.
• Illinois Newspaper Project:  Web-based searchable database of all newspapers discovered and preserved through the project. All microfilm produced for INP is made available to Illinois citizens through interlibrary loan.
• Digital Past:  Provides free online access to over 100,000+ historical items, including photos, diaries, letters, newspaper articles, silent movies, oral histories, and 3-D objects.  These items hightlight the cultural richness of the state of Illinois.
• Cyndi's List - Illinois: Directory of genealogy and history websites. Also includes links for specific Illinois localities.
• Relatively Curious About Genealogy:  Blog site devoted to learning about genealogy, useful research tips and links to genealogy related websites.
• Allen County Public Library Genealogy:  Large genealogy library containing more than 300000 printed volumes and 314000 items of microfilm and microfiche. Includes guides and request forms.