Genealogy
- Ancestry Library Edition can be accessed within the Library at no charge.
- Ancestry free account – You can register for a free Ancestry account here. You will be considered a ‘registered guest’ on Ancestry and have limited access.
- Genealogy.org allows you to search through birth and death databases, census records, and much more. Their searches are linked to Ancestry.
- Family Search
- Genealogy Online
- National Genealogical Society
- Our Public Records
- US GenWeb Project
Digital Archive of Local Sidney Papers
The Sidney Memorial Public Library is happy to announce that the first part (1882 – 1936) of a project to digitize the local Sidney papers currently stored on microfilm at the Sidney Historical Association is completed. You can access the Digital Archive here or by clicking on this button anywhere on our site:
The papers included in the full project are the Sidney Record, Sidney Enterprise, and the Tri-Town News. The Sidney Record began publishing a weekly paper in December 1882. The Sidney Enterprise ran concurrently with the Sidney Record from 1914 – 1958. In 1968 the Sidney Record merged with the Bainbridge News to form the Tri-Town News, which remained the local paper until it closed in December of 2018.
To fund the project the Friends of the Sidney Libraries and the Sidney Central Schools Alumni Association provided the match to an O’Connor Foundation grant that the library received.
Scanned Photos
Our Director has scanned many historic photos that we are happily displaying here on our site!
View the photos for the construction of the current Masonville Branch Library building by clicking here.
View the photos of the expansion of the Sidney Library, the construction of the connector between the original library and the old post office, by clicking here.
View some photos of historic Sidney by clicking here.
View some photos of the Scintilla Corporation, prior to its change to the current Amphenol Corporation, by clicking here.
