Retirement & thanks
Sunday June 12th is my last day here at the Cary Public Library. I wanted to take this final opportunity ...
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Online genealogy library resources:
Ancestry Library
Access in the Library
Fold3 Library
U.S. military records
Heritage Quest
Search census records
IDA
Local History & More
Genealogy 101
If you’re just getting started researching your genealogy, take a look at our webpage Welcome to Genealogy for helpful tips, forms, and links. We also have this information in a packet that you may request at the Service Center on your next visit to the Library.
Additional online resources:
- Family Search – A free personal account is needed to search thousands of worldwide databases. While many records are viewable from home, some have restricted access. CAPL is now an Affiliate Library and many of those records are accessible in the Library.
- Find A Grave – Volunteers worldwide have contributed to this collection of gravesite memorials.
- McHenry County Genealogical Society, including their Free Online Indexes
- McHenry County Historical Society Digital Newspaper Collection
- Illinois Genealogical Society
Local history collection:
Items in our local history collection include Cary-Grove High School yearbooks (years 1968, 1972-present), Cary veteran photo compilation, Cary Garden Club records, Cary Cemetery gravestone photos, and more.