Family and Local History Databases

American Historical Periodicals Series 1-5 is a collection of historical periodicals published between 1684-1912

Ancestry.com, a private company, is the world’s largest subscription collection of genealogy databases. It contains over 31,000 collections and 24 billion records some dating back to the 13th century. U.S. census records from 1790 through 1940, military records and immigration records are available through Ancestry.com.

History Reference Center, an Ebsco product, is a full-text history database containing articles from reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books and periodicals pertaining to history.

Database containing cemetery records and images of headstones created by volunteers

Content provided by Louisiana Digital Consortium member libraries

Newspapers including The Monroe News-Star 1909-1977, Monroe Morning World 1931-1969, The Daily Telegraph 1870-1886, The Register 1859-1860, and The Weekly News Star 1894-1920.