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Biography
Find biographical information on the Internet through searchable databases and dictionaries, and read obituaries.
Contents:
ALIC Resources
- Biography and Genealogy Master IndexAvailable in the Archives Library Information Center.
- BGMI contains over 20 million biographical citations on over 6 million individuals.
- African American Biographical DatabaseAvailable in the Archives Library Information Center.
- The AABD provides profiles and full-text sketches of African Americans from various sources, many rare, from the period
- American National Biography.Available in the Archives Library Information Center.
- Published by the Oxford University Press, this volume dictionary is the most inclusive biographical resource for American history available.
Go the the ANB Biography of the Day web site to see a sample entry.
- Published by the Oxford University Press, this volume dictionary is the most inclusive biographical resource for American history available.
- Bibliography of Biographical Resources in ALIC
Databases & Directories
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Search for members of Congress from to the present.
- This database includes over 20, entries.Americus nation biography samples Moses tells Novalee to give her baby a name "that will mean something" and "withstand a lot of bad times," and gifts her a photo album. Novalee also meets Moses Whitecotton, a photographer who shoots portraits at the Walmart. But to her great surprise, Novalee learns that Sister left her all of her possessions, property insurance, and life insurance. Read Edit View history.
Search by full name or just the last name.
- This database includes over 20, entries.Americus nation biography samples Moses tells Novalee to give her baby a name "that will mean something" and "withstand a lot of bad times," and gifts her a photo album. Novalee also meets Moses Whitecotton, a photographer who shoots portraits at the Walmart. But to her great surprise, Novalee learns that Sister left her all of her possessions, property insurance, and life insurance. Read Edit View history.
- Biographical Dictionary
- This dictionary includes over 28, notable men and women who have influenced history from ancient times to the present day. It is searchable by years of birth and/or death, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
Obituaries
- New York Public Library’s Research Guide to Obituaries
- A useful bibliography for searching obituaries for genealogical information.
- Obituary Daily Times
- A daily index of published obituaries, with approximately to new entries per day.
Intended for historians and genealogical researchers. The database does not have the obituaries themselves, but instead gives citations to the newspapers which publish them.
- A daily index of published obituaries, with approximately to new entries per day.
- Political Graveyard
- Locations of the graves of politicians. Also includes manner of death, and other biographical information about American politicians.