Genealogy & Local History

It's All Relative
Your Family History Goes Digital!
Posted by mmulholl on 05/13/13
 
OK. You've done your spring cleaning and discovered all those old photographs and VHS tapes of family gatherings. . What to do with them? Easy. Digitize them! With your Arlington Heights library card, you can use the resources available in our new Digital Studio to convert old media into new. Contact Digital Services to schedule an...

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Shackley Room Collections

The Kathrine Shackley Room for Local History and Genealogy, located on the first floor of the library, includes:

The Genealogy Collection

  • Books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, and access to several online databases
  • An extensive microfilm collection

The Local History Collection

  • Local church records
  • Various Arlington High School yearbooks
  • Information on the subdivisions, people, places and events of Arlington Heights
 

Need Help?

Genealogy volunteers and library staff are available to help you with your research.

Schedule an appointment with the Local History/Genealogy Librarian, Michael Mulholland, by calling 847-870-3643 or completing our appointment form.

Special Collections

The following resource is available for use only in the library.

Clio – Digital genealogy books and county histories from several Midwest and Eastern states. Available in the Shackley Room as well as on selected computers in the library.

Microfilm/fiche Readers

Three microform readers are available for use.
  • All readers have print capability.
  • Two readers have the additional capability to email or save images to a flash drive.
  • The microform readers are located in the Local History/Genealogy room on the first floor, along with the library's microform collection. Readers can be used to read personal microfilm or microfiche.
 

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home is an online pinboard created to collect memories of life - past and present - in Arlington Heights.

Databases

We provide access to premium genealogy databases and local history databases. Some are available only in the library.

Web Sites

Our custom search box searches a combination of reliable websites for genealogy information.

Reliable websites which provide helpful genealogy information:

Appointments

Schedule an appointment to get help with these and other interests:
 
  • downloading eBooks
  • researching genealogy
  • finding a job

Upcoming Programs