Printing at Main Library is currently cash / change only.

All library locations and services will be closed Thursday, May 16, for a staff development day.

Automated phone renewals are now available by calling 919-680-2524 and logging in with your library card number and PIN.

Find your ancestors

Your Durham County Library card and PIN offer free access to:

Ancestry Library Edition

(In-library use only)
Census data, vital records, military records, and immigration records

Census data, local history, and family records

Durham photographs, oral histories, historic city directories, and urban renewal records

Local histories and genealogy guides in ebook and e-audio

Books, oral histories, diaries, and letters related to Southern history, culture, and literature

Online archive of Durham’s The Herald-Sun newspaper