RESEARCH

Local Yearbook Collection

Some yearbooks from the Cicero-North Syracuse School District have been digitized and made available online. Browse the collection, which has been organized by school and by year.

Ancestry Library

[In-library use only, but access at home for a limited time during COVID-19] Provides access to Census records; birth, marriage and death records; military records; immigration and emigration records and more.

Ancestry.com for New York

Records within Ancestry.com pertaining to New York are free to NY state residents. Start a search; when you click on a result, you will be prompted to create a Free Account. DO NOT click on the “Subscribe” button or the “14-day Free Trial Offer” unless you are interested in access to all of Ancestry.

FamilySearch

An international genealogical index containing billions of names – the largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world. Access to FamilySearch is free and contains tools such as a family tree maker.

Newspaper Archive

The largest historical newspaper database online, containing tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present from U.S. and foreign cities. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content. Includes Syracuse newspapers from 1809 forward.