Resources

A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources, including unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. In-library use only.

With access to billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land and court records from more than 130 countries, FamilySearch can help you discover and make family connections when researching genealogy.

Provides access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

Genealogy data from U.S. Census records 1790-1930 with over 25,000 original page images of full-text family and local histories, etc.

Explore digitized images, documents, oral histories, videos, and more.  Featured collections include The Mary Wheeler Collection, Paducah postcards, and newspapers and documents from area schools.

MyHeritage is the leading global platform for discovering family history.

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

Newspaper database providing access to the Paducah Sun and affiliated newspapers spanning the years 1896–2023.