The Local History Room is open during library hours. Individual help is available by phone (630-924-2765), in-person (hours may vary), and email (bdlh@mybpl.org). If you are visiting with a group, please contact us ahead of time, so we have adequate staff to meet your needs.
Bloomingdale Heritage Online Collection
- Adventureland Collection
- Bloomingdale Public Library COVID-19 Pandemic Archive
- Bloomingdale Public Library History
- Historic Bloomingdale Collection
- Obituary Index
Local History Room Holdings
- Aerial Photos of Bloomingdale
- Bloomingdale Historic Building Index
- Bloomingdale Real Estate Listings - early 1960s to early 1980s
- Cemetery Index
- High School Yearbooks for Lake Park, Glenbard North, and Glenbard West (incomplete - some years available online)
- Local Government Meeting Minutes
- Maps from 1870 to present
- Village of Bloomingdale Almanac - January 1975 to present
Local History Circulating Collection
The library offers many local history and genealogy materials for check out. Search our online catalog for the full collection. Topics include:- Family history publishing
- Genealogy by ethnicity
- Genealogy courses
- Genealogy methods and tutorials
- Internet genealogy guides
- Rosamund Du Jardin fiction
- Self-publishing
- Surrounding town and county histories