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Ancestry.com

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Discover your family history and start your family tree.

This database may only be accessed inside the library.

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Enslaved

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Explore or reconstruct the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the historical trade.

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Heritage Quest

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Discover digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy and Local History book collection.

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HeritageHub

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Provides comprehensive coverage of obituaries and death notices from 1704 through today.

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Historical Cedar Valley

Historical black and white image of Waterloo's river front.

A collection of postcards, photographs and other material primarily focused on Black Hawk County along with some images from communities across the state. 

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Newspaper Archive

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Search newspaper archives for Obituary, Birth Records, Death Records. Courier records available from 1859-1964.

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USA Today Collection

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Explore Waterloo history through local news, events and people with the USA TODAY Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

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Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Archives

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Search Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier content from 2001 to present.

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