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Discover how to access free online genealogy databases using your library card. Simply visit Orem Library Genealogy or www.lib.orem.org to sign up for a free 3-day trial at WorldVitalRecords.com, worth $89/year. Utilize invaluable resources like family trees, census records, immigration and military records, court documents, and newspaper archives. Start your search with general queries or advanced options by surname, county, or country. Don't overlook local libraries for obituary indexes and old newspapers. Make the most of your library's interlibrary loan privileges!
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World vital Records . com Marilyn Thomsen
How to access the free online databases through your library card • In your internet browser type: Orem Library Genealogy or go to http://lib.orem.org
WorldVitalRecords.com ($89/year) free trial for 3 days • Family trees • Census records • Immigration records • Court, land and probate files • Military records • Directory lists • newspapers
General search • Start with general search • Surname with county or country • Advanced search • Tabs at top
They also search free sites • 1940 census • Findagrave.com • Google books • Ellis island
Susan Black Membership of Church Browse by popular collection • LDS • Membership of the Church of Jesus • Christ of latter-day Saints 1830-1848
How to look for obituaries • Check local libraries for indexes. • Find the newspapers that existed for place and times. • Find those newspapers • Use the online databases and Interlibrary Loan privileges.