Here are some regional web resources and organizations with information helpful to genealogists.
If you are a patron of the Malone library, you are able to access the Heritage Quest database from home using your library card! Visitors to the libraries may also receive guest privileges to use this database. To access from home with a Malone library card, visit https://cefls.org/libraries/malone/.
Ancestry.com library edition access is available from Plattsburgh Public library computers only due to licensing restrictions. However, the NY State library offers free access to the New York portion of Ancestry.com.
Genealogy can be an expensive hobby, with software to buy, subscriptions to expensive research tools, and even travel. However, there is a way to create, research and save your family tree, complete with photos, recordings and stories, all for no cost.
The Familysearch.org website, operated by the Church of Latter Day Saints, provides tools to enter the information you know, and find ancestors you didn't know about. There are millions of historical records from over 200 countries available online through the site. New records are constantly added. For example, in April 2017, FamilySearch published over 3.3 million French Census records from 1876 to 1906.
The site contains lots of help, and there are even volunteers that provide free research help over the phone!
Discover your family history onlineYou can download this ebook for free with your library card and read it on your computer, smartphone, tablet or e-reader.
Tracing your family history : the complete guide to locating your ancestors and finding out where you came from by Here are some good introductions to genealogy in the collections of public libraries around the area. Request these titles with your library card to be delivered to your home library, or visit the libraries that own them to check them out. Click on a title to see where you can find a copy.
Who do you think you are? : the essential guide to tracing your family history by 