Carnegie Library of McKeesport -- Research Resources

Obituaries

www.monyoughobituaries.com
Hosted at Tube City Online
Post-Gazette
Tribune-Review
Mon Valley Independent
Legacy.com (search any name, city, newspaper or keyword, or sign up for daily emails)
Google: type this phrase in the Google search box: “site:google.com/newspapers “, followed by keywords, such as “wozniak obituary pittsburgh”.
Google newspapers, if you know approximate dates.

Local News

See our Local and Community Links page.

Newspapers+

How biased are your news sources? Why does that matter?
Mediabiaschart.com

Click below to access newspapers:

Mon Valley Independent

Tube City Online (information, history and commentary)

Daily News ceased publication on December 31, 2015. See a youtube clip.

History and People

McKeesport Regional Heritage and History Center

Located in Renzie Park, the center is a museum, meeting space and resource. Traveling exhibits and the ability to research old Daily News issues on microfilm are two additional highlights.

mckeesportheritage.org

Ancestry

Ancestry.com is a great resource for genealogical (family tree) and local history research, including city directories. Normally available only with a paid subscription, you can access many features while in the library (with your library card) for FREE.

Historic Pittsburgh

Historic Pittsburgh has digitized maps, indexed city directories, images and film clips, census records, and more -- mainly for the City of Pittsburgh. It's the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Research Library.

Heinz History Center

The Senator John Heinz History Center consists of the History Center, Sports Museum, Fort Pitt Blockhouse, & Meadowcroft rock shelter. There are also archives available only by appointment.

Search the Internet

Databases

You can search for curated biographies, legal forms, encyclopedia-style information, and much more in library-supported databases.

PA Power Library has photos, articles, health and job resources, plus lists of books and movies in libraries throughout Pennsylvania.

Search by any subject, and it finds a list of sources. It tells you whether these facts came from a newspaper, magazine or something else. There are images in some sources. You can also tell the reading levels of the source articles. It also gives you the official citation to use if you are writing a paper for school.