Genealogy

Discover Your Family History

Learn about your family’s history using resources at the library.  Scroll down to find databases, websites and community resources that can be accessed from home.  The information found in Ancestry is worth a trip to the library. 

While you’re here, visit the Genealogy Center on the 2nd Floor where you’ll find yearbooks from Wheaton high schools dating back to 1909.  Maps, newspapers and telephone books may also unlock information about your family.

Genealogy Help

We can help you get started using the library’s genealogy resources.  Contact our Genealogy & Local History Specialist at genealogy@wheatonlibrary.org to set up an appointment.

Assistance is also available on a walk-in basis in the Genealogy Center several times a month. Volunteers from the DuPage County Genealogical Society are available from 7:00-9:00 PM every Thursday, and volunteers from the Wheaton-Perrin chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are available on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM.

Reference books and research guides

Both circulating and non-circulating books are available in the Genealogy Center on the 2nd Floor. 

Get started with basic genealogy guides.

Periodicals

Back issues of dozens of genealogy periodicals including the DuPage County Genealogical Society Review, the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and more are available in the Genealogy Center on the 2nd Floor.