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 Biography & Genealogy Articles Online

 Biography Databases

·  American National Biography

·  Biography Resource Center

·  Encyclopedia of World Biography

 

 Genealogy Databases

·  Ancestry Library (In Library Use Only) 

·  Heritage Quest Online

 

 Biography Web Sites

Biography   
Over 30,000 biographies of historical and contemporary figures. Search by name or category.

Who2?: Find Famous People Fast   
Classic authors, movie stars, cartoon dogs — anyone famous is fair game for Who2.

Time Person of the Year
Archive of stories about the Time Person of the Year (previously the Man of the Year) from 1927 to the present.

Biography.com   
Contains over 25,000 brief biographies of notable personalities.

Academy of Achievement   
Profiles, biographies, and interviews of "extraordinary individuals who have shaped the twentieth century."

Historic Figures   
Brief biographies about more than 300 "movers and shakers of history." From the British Broadcasting Corporation.

 Genealogy Web Sites

Olive Tree Genealogy    
Free genealogy databases, including ship passenger lists, family surnames, and church, land, & census records.

JewishGen: Jewish Genealogy   
The primary Internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy.

Genealogy.com   
Good resource for beginners to learn the basics of research. Includes information developing research skills.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites   
Thousands of links related to genealogy, organized in over 100 categories. This site is one of the richest resources for genealogy studies. 

Arizona Birth and Death Certificates    
Search by name and years for Arizona birth certificates from 1887, and Arizona death certificates from 1878.

Social Security Death Index    
A searchable Death Master File from the U.S. Social Security Admin. which contains over 60 million records.