There are numerous resources online where you can research your family history. Some of these resources require a subscription and charge a fee, but Houston Public Library subscribes to some of these databases for you and offers them to you free of charge. All you need is a Houston Public Library PowerCard. Below is a brief list of some of our online resources, for a more complete list go to the Genealogy Research page and the useful links page. Related content can also be found on Houston Public Library’s Newspaper Research page and History & Social Sciences Research page.
Free Inside the Library
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Free from Home with PowerCard
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How to access databases from home:
Additional resources on the Genealogy Research page that are available free all the time and do not require an HPL PowerCard are: