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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
Heritage Quest
Census data, local history, and family records
North Carolina Collection
Durham photographs, oral histories, historic city directories, and urban renewal records
Documenting the American South
Books, oral histories, diaries, and letters related to Southern history, culture, and literature
Herald-Sun
Online archive of Durham’s The Herald-Sun newspaper
FamilySearch
Some materials are limited-access and must be accessed at a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. These records can be accessed at any library location, but staff assistance is only available at the North Carolina Collection at Main Library. Personal FamilySearch account required.
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