ProQuest’s HeritageQuest Online!

Curious about what the census looked like in decades past? 

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Have you completed your U.S. Census yet? Curious about what the census looked like in decades past? Check out ProQuest's HeritageQuest Online!

This service of the Athol Public Library, made possible by the Massachusetts Library System, gives you access to U. S. Census records from 1940 stretching back to 1790! Try looking up your ancestors and see where they lived and what kind of work they did!

HeritageQuest also offers information from the Canadian Census, the Social Security Death Index, military records, immigration records, cemetery indexes, and links to resources from other countries. Once inside the HeritageQuest site, click Research Aids for tips and tricks for getting started on your genealogy research.

To find ProQuest's HeritageQuest online, visit https://www.galepages.com/mlin_c_atholpl. Scroll down the page and click the ProQuest HeritageQuest icon.