Ancestry Library Edition
Information on more than 1 billion names from public records
(Access is available at your branch library.)

Biography & Genealogy Master Index
Index to over 10,000 biographies

HeritageQuest Online
Genealogy database with several of the federal census records, as well as family and local history books, all completely searchable

Additional genealogical resources are available through the websites listed under AADL Select Sites Genealogy. You can also find more information about local history in the many image and text collections on our Local History page and our AADL Select Sites page on Ann Arbor/Washtenaw County history.

Looking for a local obituary?

Access to obituaries and death notices in the Ann Arbor News is available online through our Ann Arbor News database, which includes obituaries from 2003 to the present. The Ann Arbor News website provides access to death notices for 180 days and provides additional information through guestbooks and tributes.

Print editions of the Ann Arbor News are available at the Downtown library on the second floor and at the branches. The Library keeps the News for six months at the Downtown location and two months at the branches. Older editions of the News are available on microfilm. 19th century editions of Ann Arbor newspapers are also available on microfilm at the Downtown library.

For obituaries prior to 2003, please contact the Reference desk at 327-4525 to ask about our document delivery service.