Explore digitized images, documents, oral histories, videos, and more. Featured collections include The Mary Wheeler Collection, Paducah postcards, and newspapers and documents from area schools.
Search the library’s closed archives for descriptions of items and collections, as well as information about accessing these materials, by emailing [email protected].
Read curious stories from the interesting history of Paducah and the Jackson Purchase.
Includes family histories, periodicals, birth and death indexes, and more.
Includes the Irvin S Cobb and Mary Wheeler Collections, as well as subject files, city directories, newspapers, biographies, and more.
Explore biographies famous African-American people and landmarks in Paducah’s history, as well as the history of the 8th of August Emancipation Celebration.
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources, including unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. In-library use only.
With access to billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land and court records from more than 130 countries, FamilySearch can help you discover and make family connections when researching genealogy.
Provides access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Genealogy data from U.S. Census records 1790-1930 with over 25,000 original page images of full-text family and local histories, etc.
Explore digitized images, documents, oral histories, videos, and more. Featured collections include The Mary Wheeler Collection, Paducah postcards, and newspapers and documents from area schools.
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Newspaper database providing access to the Paducah Sun and affiliated newspapers spanning the years 1896–2023.
