Ancestry.com
Ancestry is a genealogy database that allows patrons to research their family history.
The library will close at 5pm on Wednesday, November 27, and remain closed all day on Thursday, November 28, for Thanksgiving. Regular hours will resume on Friday, November 29, at 9am.
Chicago Community Collection
Explore news coverage from more than 270 daily and weekly Chicagoland-area sources, including major titles such as the Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Herald, plus a wealth of community and regional news sources.
Chicago Tribune Historical 1849-1986
The Chicago Tribune offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue (April 23, 1849).
Local History Digital Collection
Access digitized materials from Wilmette Public Library's local history collection including photographs, newspapers, and indexes.
New York Times Historical 1851-2017
Full-text content including articles and obituaries from the New York Times archive, covering 1851-2017.
Newspaper Archive
NewspaperARCHIVE.com is a historical newspaper database that contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present.
Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com provides access to historical newspapers from locations across the U.S. and worldwide.
Wilmette Life
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from the Wilmette Life.