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(You will need a Chandler Library card and 4-digit PIN to access these resources.)

Ancestry Library Edition - In Library Use OnlyAncestry Library Edition 
(In-library use only) Genealogy research. Find your family in census, birth, marriage, death, immigration, military, probate, and land records, including, in many cases, images of the original documents.
For more information, view our tutorial!

Gale Genealogy ConnectGale Genealogy Connect
Features a wide range of comprehensive references and is powered by authoritative information from Genealogical.com

Heritage Quest OnlineHeritageQuest Online 
Genealogy research from historical records.

Additional Resources

Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates
Birth and death certificates are now available to the public online! Births that occurred at least 75 years ago and deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago are available for viewing online

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Information about the Genealogy collection.

Cyndi’s List- The largest and most comprehensive list of online genealogical resources.

Family Search
Links to over 1 billion names in the LDS (Mormon Church) database. Access the catalog of the largest genealogical library in the world - the Family History Library in Salt Lake City

Find A Grave
Free resource for finding the final resting places of famous people, friends and family members.

Mesa Regional Family History Center
The second largest branch of the LDS Family History Library right here in Arizona! Search their online catalog; click on hours and map for their hours of operation and directions.

National Archives & Records
Excellent site for census, immigration and military records.

Somos Primos
A news information site dedicated to Hispanic heritage information and issues. Provides links to other Hispanic genealogical research sites.

RootsWeb 
One of the oldest and respected genealogical database and it’s free! Includes the Social Security death index. 

The Source Online
The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing, which quickly became a standard reference in the field of genealogy and family history. In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of The Source and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki.  

USGenWeb 
A cooperative project, which maintains genealogical data from every state and county in the United States 

WorldGenWeb 
Check this giant collaboration of genealogical data and resources if your ancestor immigrated from another country

 

Family History 101

Where: Sunset Library
When: Wednesday, September 26th at 6:00PM

Are you interested in learning more about genealogy and how you can begin tracing your family roots? Join us and learn how to perform searches through Ancestry Library Edition (free to use in the library) and discover other genealogy tools that will help you through your exploration. 

Registration is required. Space is limited and each attendee is limited to one guest (computer will be shared). Computer experience is preferred. 

Click here to register! See you then!

Obituaries

Obituary research isn't always simple or straightforward. No law requires that a person's death will be announced in the newspaper, it is entirely voluntary and not all newspapers published before the invention of computerized typesetting can be found online. If published, obituaries can be found on microfilm. You will have the best results if you know the month, day, year and place that the person died. Microfilm for the Chandler Public libraries can be found at our Downtown library located at:

22 S. Delaware Street, Chandler, AZ 85225.
There you will find the following publications on microfilm:

Our library staff is happy to assist customers in getting started with the use of the microfilm machine.

If you live outside Maricopa County and are not able to visit our library, your local library may be able to assist you through an interlibrary loan request process or by using their online research tools.