Genealogy Resources at the

Roseville Public Library

First Stop: A reference librarian is your best friend.

Try our Databases

WorldCat is an online catalog which itemizes the collections of 71,000 libraries in 112 countries which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries.

Items from the WorldCat catalog can be borrowed through Inter-Library Loan.

WorldCat can be located on the search page of our Online library catalog

This search on WorldCat leads to a

Family History

available at the

Allen County

Public Library.

Another search

provides a source for family letters held at a University Archive.

Search WorldCat for:

•County Histories•Vital Records•Census Records•Land Records•Probate Records•Cemetery Records•Newspapers and •Journals

After an item is located on WorldCat . . .

Then what?

If it’s a book --- try to borrow it via Inter Library Loan through

the Roseville Library.

If it’s a Newspaper --- see if the microfilm is available.

If it’s a journal – try to contact the society that publishes it to see if an index is available; then request photocopies of relevant articles via ILL.

Other Useful

DatabasesLearning Express

HeritageQuest Online

Combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other content back to the late 1700s. Includes all of the images and indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including family and local histories and primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, etc

The Roseville Main Library also has microfilm for local newspapers.

Private Collections, Local High School Yearbooks, 1921-present, Polk Directories, 1960-1981, Haines Sacramento City & Suburban Directories, 1970-presentRoseville Histories, Roseville Publications, Placer County Histories, Media Collections, Oral Histories, Photographs, Maps & Drawings

Looking for local history?

Contact our archivist at the Roseville Public Library, you can request an appointment by calling her at (916) 746-1232.

Expand your vision to family history

The final product in genealogy is a pedigree chart

The final product in family history is a written narrative

You can search our Online Library Catalog for items related to a wide variety of topics pertaining to your family history.

(and you can do it at home in your jammies!)

Learn the

Basics

Design a

Heritage Album

Learn the skill of long distance research.

Find longlost

relataives still living.

Locate Property Records

Get Organized

Locate ports

Dig up the past

Learn what ailed them.

You are the caretaker of your family history. Learn to preserve it for future generations.

Understand their world.

Preserve their past

Repair an Heirloom

Design a website

Relive their history

Don’t neglect the youth section of the library when searching out your family stories. Many authors have written historical fiction taken from true accounts of their own family histories.

Imagine you were there.