Local History

The Genealogy Area within the Southgate Public Library engages ancestry seekers, local history buffs and archived newspaper readers. We have a great area with a study table, microfilm reading machine, family name records, local history books of all shapes and sizes, all in a cozy space that encourages long or repeated visits to discover more about your family tree, the local region, cemetery maps and more. Combined with in-house Ancestry.com Library Edition and free wifi, it's the researchers dream come true!

Genealogy Database

Family Index
The Southgate Public Library Family Index is a database of Dundalk's past residents. Here you will find records and newspaper articles from the Dundalk Herald and other sources containing photographs, marriages, births, deaths, and events, as well as family information and history records submitted by genealogists and local residents.

The Dundalk Herald Newspapers
Here you will find a database of digitized newspapers of the past from the Dundalk Herald, the town's newspaper publisher. Browse the historic archive for news, events, advertisements, births, deaths, local history, and the major headlines when history was made in Dundalk!

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