Online Catalogs

Google Books

  • Search your ancestor’s last name plus the word genealogy. You may be able to find books written about your ancestors.



Library of Congress

  • More than 155 million items, 35+ million catalogued books.

  • The website offers digital access to a wide variety of print, pictorial and audiovisual materials.

  • American Memory Collection


National Archives


World Cat has a catalog of more than 2 billion items from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

  • Note: Search with your family’s surname, county of residence and the word genealogy, history, papers, or similar terms.