MDPLS Genealogy Resources 5-2018

1. MDPLS-LIBRARY
GENEALOGY RESOURCES
Ellen Book, Branch Manager
booke@mdpls.org
Gloria Cordova, Librarian 1
cordovag@mdpls.org
PINECREST BRANCH LIBRARY

2. RESOURCES:
• ANCESTRY.com (in house)
• ARCHIVEGRID
• BIOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT
• FLORIDA HISTORY FAIR RESOURCES
• REFERENCE USA
• WORLD BOOK INFO FINDEr
• More…

5. ANCESTRY
Combining science with
self-discovery, to help
everyone discover the story
of what led to them.
*billions of rich historical records
*millions of family trees
*DNA samples from 10 million
people in the database

6. ARCHIVEGRID
Over 5 million records
describing archival
materials, combining
*historical documents
*personal papers
*family histories

7. BIOGRAPHY
IN CONTEXT
Keyword & full text
people search based
on:
*Name
*Occupation
*Nationality,
*Ethnicity,
*Birth/death dates
*Place
*Gender

9. FOR
FLORIDA
FLORIDA HISTORY
FAIR RESOURCES
Search
Through

10. ANOTHER
WAY
TO FIND
THE
RESOURCES

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12. HELPS YOU CREATE A TIMELINE

13. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY
DATABASE-
WHERE YOU CAN RESEARCH
SEVERAL TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS-
ARTICLES, NEWSPAPERS, ETC…

16. Also, we have
Miami Dade Public Library System
Main Library
101 W Flagler Street
Genealogy Collection
2nd Floor
(305) 375-5580
 Indexes
 Printed Histories
 Obituary Collections
 Cemetery Records
 City Directories
 U.S. Census (1790-1940)
 Military Rosters
 Passenger Lists
 Immigration Records
 Land Grants
 Tax Lists

17. Questions?
For a copy of this 5/2018
presentation visit
www.tinyurl.com/MDPLS
FamilyTree
-THANK YOU-