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This essential genealogy resource delivers billions of records for census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. Ancestry is only available in the library.

This resource provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace and more.

Fold3 offers convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. The records at Fold3 will help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them.

Explore significant historic properties in downtown that tell the story of Windsor's past.

History Reference Center is the world's most comprehensive full-text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.

MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. It contains billions of historical records from all over the world to support family history research.

Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive database that provides online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers. Dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional, and state titles, as well as small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.

This database provides searchable access to digitized issues of the Windsor Beacon that were previously only available on microfilm. The issues — 1908 - 1909, 1935 - June 1973, May 1977 - April 1982 — are accessible from any computer at the library. You must be in the library to access this database.