HERITAGEQUEST ONLINE

Beginning and professional genealogists can use this powerful online resource to trace family histories and American culture from the convenience of their home or at the library. HeritageQuest is a valuable tool for middle school students to adults to research local history projects.

This is a growing collection which at this time includes:

·         Genealogy & Local History Collection of over 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories, in addition to more than 250 primary source documents such as tax lists, city directories, church and probate records, and more;

·         1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census with complete original images, plus many head-of-household name indexes;

·         Periodical Source Index (PERSI), a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,300 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800; and

·         the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, which identifies more than 80,000 Americans who served in the war.

 You must have a Houston-Love Memorial Library library card in order to access this database from the link below. You may use this database inside the library in the computer lab or the reference department without a library card.

Click the link below to access Heritagequest online

                 Heritagequest online