Genealogy

Stay informed with credible news sources from across the U.S., including America’s News, The Aspen Times, The Denver Post, USA, and World. Search local, regional, national, and international coverage, or compare viewpoints on politics, business, health, sports, and more. Features print, online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, broadcast transcripts, and videos. Access remotely anytime with a library card.
Discover family history with census, immigration, military, and vital records dating from 1300 to the present. Access is available only within the Library and from any device.
Search local news, people, events, and issues from current and archived issues of The Aspen Times. Access remotely anytime with a library card, or within the Library.
Through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Project, gain free access to digitized newspapers from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Browse historic issues to research genealogy, local history, or cultural trends nationwide.
Explore Colorado history and current events through The Denver Post Collection. Search full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and online-only content from past and present issues. Coverage includes local news, people, events, politics, culture, etc. Access remotely anytime with a library card, or within the Library.
A unique digital archive documenting the settlement and growth of the Western United States. Includes photographs, maps, broadsides, architectural drawings, manuscripts, and other historical materials from the Denver Public Library’s Western History/Genealogy department. Valuable for researchers, genealogists, and students of regional history.
The world’s largest free genealogy organization, supported by over a century of record gathering and preservation. Contains billions of names across hundreds of collections, including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, and census records. Provides free tools for building family trees and accessing global historical archives.
Genealogy database with sources dating back to the late 1700s. Includes U.S. Census records, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War records, Freedman’s Bank records, family histories, and local histories. Valuable for genealogists, historians, and family researchers. Access remotely anytime with a library card, or within the Library.
One of the largest international genealogy databases available. Provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of photos, family trees, and other resources spanning the last five centuries. Designed for discovering family history across borders.Access remotely anytime with a library card, or within the Library.
​​The New York Times has covered more than 150 years of American history. Offers full-text and image-based access to articles, including reporting on politics, culture, society, and world events from 1851 through 2017. Access remotely anytime with a library card.