For Genealogy questions please call the library Reference Desk at 413-789-1550 x2.
American Ancestors offers more than 470 record-based databases to search, containing data from all over the globe. Unique collections include the Boston Catholic records, the General Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, and many more.
Please note: This resource can only be used within the Agawam Library & not from home.
This massive database contains records of over 22 million passengers who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. Requires registration, available free of charge.
For remote use click here: Ancestry from home
For in-library use click here: Ancestry in Agawam Library
Site contains a billion names from over 110 counties and territories including those found in the 1880 United States Census, the 1881 Canadian Census, the 1881 British Census, the Ellis Island database and the Freedman’s Bank Records.
Find the grave sites of your ancestors.
HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 – 1930 U.S. federal censuses.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has a very large amount of records that are useful for genealogy, but most of these records are not online. NARA has locations all over the country; the two nearest to Agawam are the archives in Waltham and Pittsfield.
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