Ancestry Research: Resources and Tips

Provides access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more. Sub-collections include: birth, marriage and death; census and voter lists; immigration and travel; military; schools, directories, and church histories; tax, criminal, land, and wills; reference, dictionaries, and almanacs; stories and publications, and photos and maps.

Fold3, a product of Ancestry.com, is an extensive database of historical military records. These digitized documents are primarily sourced from the U.S. and U.K. National Archives, U.S. public libraries, and the Center for Research Libraries. Tulane has access to the following collections: Black History; Census; Korean War; Indian and Mexican American Wars; Native American; Non Military; US Revolutionary War (United States); War of 1812 (United States); US Civil War; US Civil War (Confederacy); US Civil War (Union); World War I (United States); World War II (United States); and Vietnam War.

Proquest's Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive online database of 4,000+ and growing historical newspapers from the early 1700's into the 2000's published in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Panama, Australia, Papau New Guinea, and the Philippines. Includes Louisiana Weekly (1956-1963) and 36 other Louisiana newspapers.

Advanced search page to access all ProQuest News & Newspaper databases available through Tulane University Libraries. Includes historical newspapers: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922); The American Israelite‎ (1854-2000); The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945); Atlanta Daily World‎ (1931 - 2010); The Baltimore Afro-American‎ (1893-2010); The Baltimore Sun (1837-1998); The Boston Globe‎ (1872-1993); Chicago Defender‎ (1909-2010); Chicago Tribune‎ (1849-1998); The Christian Science Monitor‎ (1908-2011); Cleveland Call & Post‎ (1934-2010); Detroit Free Press‎ (1831-1999); The Guardian & The Observer‎ (1791-2003); The Irish Times & The Weekly Irish Times‎ (1859-2022); The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008); The Jewish Advocate‎ (1905-1990); The Jewish Exponent‎ (1887-1990); Le Monde (1944-2000); Los Angeles Sentinel‎ (1934-2010); Los Angeles Times‎ (1881-2000); New York Amsterdam News‎ (1922-2010); The New York Times‎ (1851-2020); New York Tribune‎ (1841-1922); Norfolk Journal & Guide‎ (1916-2010); Philadelphia Tribune‎ (1912-2010); Pittsburgh Courier‎ (1911-2010); The Scotsman‎ (1817-1950); The Times of India‎ (1838-2011); The Wall Street Journal‎ (1889-2012) and The Washington Post‎ (1877-2008). Recent Newspapers (2008-current): Chicago Tribune; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Washington Post. Newsstreams: Latin American Newsstream, U.S. Hispanic Newsstream.

A vast collection of more than 16,000 U.S. and global news sources in English, Spanish, French, and many other world languages. This one-stop database allows you to search all Newsbank current and historical news sources that Tulane subscribes to, including Access World News, America's Historical Newspapers, World Newspaper Archive, Black Life in America, Hispanic Life in America, and the Times-Picayune collection. Find diverse global perspectives on topics related to business, communications, economics, education, health, journalism, marketing, politics, and more from a variety of current and retrospective news media.