Free Access to Genealogy Web Sites

The Howard County Library provides free access to Heritage Quest (inside the library or remotely from home with your library card), and the Library Edition of Ancestry.com inside the library branches (no remote access from home).

Family History Centers provide free access to many genealogy subscription web sites such as:

Footnote.com, World Vital Records, Heritage Quest, and Godfrey Memorial Library

They are located at:

Columbia Maryland Family History Center
4100 St Johns Lane, Ellicott City, Maryland
Phone: 410-465-1642

Hours: M-Th 9am-2pm; T-Th 7pm-9pm; Sat 9am-12pm

Washington D.C. Family History Center
10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, Maryland (near the Mormon temple)
Phone: 301-587-0042
Hours: M, F 9:30am-1pm; T-Th 9:30am-4:30pm & 7pm-9:30pm; Sat 9:30am-4:30pm.
Free research classes held monthly, 3rd Sat 9-10:30;