The local public library or the local genealogy library can offer family researchers clues and solutions to many unanswered questions. You will want to contact your own local library, but also a library closest to the family you are researching.<\/p>\n
Librarians are free experts.<\/strong>\u00a0 Use your librarians to help you break through your brick walls. I recommend you don\u2019t suffer through loads of looking, but instead ask the librarian first.<\/p>\n Family genealogies<\/strong>.\u00a0 Most local libraries will have a copy of local family genealogies. These are most helpful in confirming your information, though unless published are not typically used as a primary source.<\/p>\n Newspapers.\u00a0 <\/strong>Local public libraries and local genealogy libraries are working hard to make newspapers available online. Be sure to ask what the library offers. Many local libraries offer microfilm of newspapers of the past or even have the original copies you can look through. Ask if they have an index, though many do not.<\/p>\n Obituaries.<\/strong> Obituaries are found in newspapers, but many libraries have had volunteers put obituaries in separate books which eliminates the need to search through pages of a newspaper.<\/p>\n Death Records, Cemetery, and Mortuary Records.<\/strong> Even if you have death information on your ancestor, check out these library records to see if you can find additional information.<\/p>\n