Genealogy Research

Online Resources

Ancestry.com
Paid resource. Bringing together billions of historical records, millions of family trees, and millions of enthusiastic family researchers, Ancestry is the world’s largest online family history resource and the best place to build a family tree, find new ancestors, and share discoveries with family.
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
A service of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 1.8 million digitized pages, representing more than 400 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado, including eight Lake County & Leadville titles.
FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch is a nonprofit family history organization dedicated to connecting families across generations. FamilySearch believes that families bring joy and meaning to life. Create a free account to get started. FamilySearch is a service provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Find A Grave
Find a Grave's mission is to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience.
Genealogy 101 at Universal Class
Genealogy 101 course at Universal Class, available to Lake County Public Library patrons. Enter your library card number and create an account to get started.
MyHeritage
Featuring remote access to the entire database, MyHeritage is the world's most convenient and easy-to-use resource for anyone to learn more about their family history. Free to use with your Lake County Public Library card.
The US GenWeb Project
Although The USGenWeb Project was originally designed to be organized by state and county, much genealogy data cannot be limited to a single county, or even a single state. So, USGenWeb Special Projects have evolved to collect and disseminate data that goes beyond county and state lines. You can also find information to help you get started with research, and other useful resources.
RootsWeb
The oldest and largest free online community dedicated to family history with millions of members communicating on thousands of message boards to learn, collaborate, and share.