Websites and Tools

Library Resources

Databases

Ancestry (In Library Use Only)
Genealogical collection of more than 4,000 databases and 1.5 billion names. Made possible in part by the Frankfort Area Historical Society.
-Temporarily available for remote use with your FPLD library card number.

FamilySearch
Frankfort Public Library is a LDS affiliate library. It's always free to search familysearch.org, but you get access to 30% more content while searching from inside the library.

Frankfort News Editions Online 1973 - 1996
The Frankfort News, a community paper, published monthly by volunteers, was delivered to every address in the Frankfort area free of charge from 1973-1996. All 276 issues, 3300 pages total, of community news and information have been digitally reproduced and are available online for convenient viewing.

Newspapers Available in the Library on Microfilm

  • Frankfort Leader (Aug 1959 - Aug 1962)
  • Frankfort Phoenix Advertiser (Spotty Issues from 1903-06, 1908-1909, 1911)
  • Frankfort Time (Jun 1953 - Oct 1968)
  • Mokena - New Lenox Star Herald (Jan 1976 - Dec 1981)
  • The New-Bulletin (Mokena publication that includes coverage for Frankfort, New Lenox and Matteson communities from Aug 1919-Jun 1969)
  • The New Lenox Press (Feb 1956 - Dec 1969)
  • The Southwest Graphic (Jan 1970 - Dec 1970)

IL Newspaper Resources

    • IL Newspaper Project The objective of the INP Database is to make all the information the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has discovered about Illinois newspapers available to you. It contains comprehensive information about the newspapers they've identified and catalogued, as well as titles they've preserved by microfilming.
    • Illinois State Genealogical Society Newsletter [1980- present] Issues from 2008 are available online by the Society.

National Newspaper Resources

Local Resources

Additional Resources (most are free)