Discover Your Family
with Ancestry.com

Unlock the story of your family’s past with one of the Anaheim Public Library’s newest online resources - Ancestry.com. The Anaheim Heritage Center has one computer dedicated to searching the Ancestry.com databases.

Ancestry.com is one of the most important genealogical collections available today.  Its 4,000 databases include key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection.  Ancestry.com also offers an online library of periodicals and newspapers.

This resource is available for free, but can only be accessed at the Anaheim Heritage Center, so be sure to bring your flash drive to save your information. The Anaheim Heritage Center is located at 241 S. Anaheim Blvd., within The MUZEO complex.  The Center is open to the public Mondays 12:00pm-9:00pm, and Tuesdays-Fridays 11:00am-6:00pm. If you have questions, please call 714-765-6453.

Whether you are just starting out in genealogy or are a seasoned veteran, Anaheim Public Library has the information you need.