Curious about your roots?Did you know we offer an e-Resource dedicated to genealogy? Get started today with our database: Heritage Quest Online.
All patrons are welcome to use the site on any of the library computers; additionally, Framingham card-holders can access the database from home.
What can you do on Heritage Quest?
- Search the Census:
- Complete set of U.S. Federal Census records from 1790-1940. (Many of the years are indexed and searchable, but otherwise you can browse the full set of census images by year, state, and county/town, and scroll until you find what you are looking for. For instructions on how to best search the database, click on "Help" in the upper right-hand corner.)
- Click here to access the Census "Getting Started" guide
- Search Books:
- People, Places, or Publications in over 28,000 histories
- Search the PERSI™ Archive:
- Subject index covering 6,600 genealogy and local history periodicals in English and French, between 1800-2009
- Over 2.3 million article citations
- Search Revolutionary War:
- Selected records of an estimated 80,000 pension and bounty-land-warrant application files, mainly between the years 1800-1900
- Files belong to the Records of the Veteran Administration
- Search Freedman's Bank:
- Records from the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (banking institution established in 1965 for freed slaves)
- Includes names of depositors, dates of entries, places of birth, residencies, ages, names of employers, wives & husbands, family members, etc., between the years 1865-1974
- Search U.S. Serial Set:
- House and Senate documents and reports from 1789-1969
- Includes Private Relief Actions, Memorials, and Petitions of the U.S. Congress
