Heritage Quest Online is available through the Texshare Databases to search American genealogical records.
How to access Heritage Quest Online through your Lago Vista Public Library (LVPL) account:
- Log in to your library account using your library card number and phone number.
- Once you are logged in, select the Texshare Databases icon at the bottom of the screen.
- You will be taken to the Texshare Databases Exclusive e-References Available screen.
- Scroll down the Exclusive e-References Available screen to the History and Genealogy section.
- Select the Heritage Quest Online link.
- On the Heritage Quest Online main page, you will be able to access links to:
- Search Federal Census records from 1790 to 1940.
- Search 28,000 books for local and family histories.
- Search PERSI Archive with an index of 2.3 million genealogy and local history articles from 1800 to 2009.
- Search Revolutionary War records from pensions and bounty-land warrant applications.
- Search Freedman's Bank records from 1865 to 1874. Freedman's Bank was founded to assist African-Americans.
- Search U.S. Serial Set by accessing memorials, petitions and private relief actions of the U.S. Congress.