Many public libraries offer free library editions of Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Findmypast, allowing you to access most or all of each site’s records. However, the library edition doesn’t always include everything that a premium subscription does. You can also access the library edition of each site through local Family History Centers. Ancestry Library Edition provides access to information on ancestry for geneological searches. Topic(s) Genealogy: Target audience(s) Genealogists: Great for: Genealogical research, historical research: Content source(s) Ancestry.com: Content type(s) Census and vital data records, directories, photos: Provider: Proquest: Language(s).
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ProQuest has partnered with Ancestry.com to create Ancestry® Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia and other areas of the world! This collection, with thousands of databases and billions of indexed names, is essential to having a broad genealogy collection, and its valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest® Online.
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Next time you are reading a non-fiction book about a historical event or people use Ancestry Library Edition to learn more about the real-life characters and locations via historical and genealogical records!
A few popular examples suggested to us by library reading groups are:
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- 'The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II' by Denise Kiernan
- 'The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914' by David McCullough
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There are approximately 3.9 million individuals noted on the 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedule. That is about 40% of the population of the southern states at the time.
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100 Years ago this week Women won the right to VOTE!
The 19th Amendment
What do you know about this movement? Does your Mom or Grandmother vote? Did you know that over 100 years ago they would not have been able to vote?
Did any of your ancestors join in this movement? Mine did, her name was Ethel Rudd - she was born in Boston, Massachusetts, was 19 years old and she was my grandmother. Ask your parents or grandparents to share your history with you.
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Did any of your ancestors join in this movement? Mine did, her name was Ethel Rudd - she was born in Boston, Massachusetts, was 19 years old and she was my grandmother. Ask your parents or grandparents to share your history with you.
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Ancestry® is a family and a community, even when we’re not together – which is why we will be sharing resources for people at home.For nearly a decade, Ancestry® has been offering its AncestryK12® services, a no-cost program for K-12 schools and teachers in classrooms nationwide that includes access to content from the U.S. collection of Ancestry, Fold3.com and Newspapers.com. With school closures in effect across the U.S., Ancestry is offering support to parents by making its AncestryK12 lesson plans available for free for anyone to download while they are educating children at home.
Also, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and its long-term digitization partner Ancestry will make it even easier for people to explore their own family history stories from home by providing FREE access to search nearly 500 million records and images on Ancestry.
In addition, Ancestry is continuing to provide free online tutorials and video courses to help people get started with family tree building. We’re also developing live learning sessions on our social channels for our community.
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Ancestry® is a family and a community, even when we’re not together – which is why we will be sharing resources for people at home.For nearly a decade, Ancestry® has been offering its AncestryK12® services, a no-cost program for K-12 schools and teachers in classrooms nationwide that includes access to content from the U.S. collection of Ancestry, Fold3.com and Newspapers.com. With school closures in effect across the U.S., Ancestry is offering support to parents by making its AncestryK12 lesson plans available for free for anyone to download while they are educating children at home.
Also, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and its long-term digitization partner Ancestry will make it even easier for people to explore their own family history stories from home by providing FREE access to search nearly 500 million records and images on Ancestry.
In addition, Ancestry is continuing to provide free online tutorials and video courses to help people get started with family tree building. We’re also developing live learning sessions on our social channels for our community.
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The NH State Library created a resource guide on researching your NH family history online from home:
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The New Hampshire State Library is the first state library in America and was founded on January 25, 1717.
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The New Hampshire State Library is the first state library in America and was founded on January 25, 1717.
ONE-ON-ONE | Trying to learn more about your family history? Join local amateur genealogist Nancy Borman at the Chesley Memorial Library for one-on-one genealogy sessions (beginning-level instruction) using Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest, and other sources. Please email Nancy at [email protected] to schedule your one-hour session at a mutually convenient time. If you do not have email, you can call the library at 942-5472 and we will forward your contact information to Nancy. Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest are both sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries. |
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Discover your ancestors with Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online! Ancestry Library Edition is available at the Chesley Memorial Library building only; HeritageQuest Online can be used at the library and at home by our patrons. Please contact the library at 942-5472 to get your password to sign on to HeritageQuest Online.
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“Where did previous generations come from? How did they live? What did they fight for? And how did their lives affect yours? Historical records and photos hold so many answers about the fascinating people in history. Ancestry Library Edition puts them at your fingertips, enabling both research and inviting critical thinking. Ancestry Library Edition provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s.” The Chesley Memorial Library now has access to Ancestry Library Edition thanks to the Friends of the Northwood Libraries! Stop in and use one of our public access computers to start your genealogy search today. |
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Begin the Digital Search with Known Information Always start your digital search with the people you can verify. This typically means starting your search with individuals living in the early part of the 1900s and included in the 1900-1940 census records. Searches on Heritage Quest Online for U.S. Census records can be done from home.
Starting your research with relatives not yet born in 1940 can be problematic. States have different laws pertaining to making vital records (births, marriages, and deaths) public. Some states restrict the availability of vital records for as much as 100 years. At the library, search Ancestry Library Edition’s Card Catalog to find out if the records you need are available.
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Instead of performing a simple search by name – which can result in thousands of potential results – include a birth date, a spouse’s name, or known location for better results. Note that exact dates are not necessary. It is possible to search for individuals by an approximate birthdate.
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If your ancestors had names that could be easily misspelled, it is likely that you will need to perform multiple searches before finding a match. If you know where your ancestors were living, try browsing census records by location or searching for known neighbors to find them. Names corrected in Ancestry.com will also be searchable by the corrected version of the name in Ancestry Library Edition. Many databases also allow you to search for similar sounding names.
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Each decade of census records collects different sets of data. Do not assume that you have discovered everything about an ancestor from one census record. Some records contain conflicting information about the person and some records asked for different information altogether.
Use Family Tree Data Wisely
Be cautiously optimistic about family trees. Continue to do your own research and use the hints from another user to discover maternal lines, but always verify your own research.
Collect Family Information
Write down the names of people on your immediate family tree. Talk with your relatives. Find out if someone already started a family tree. Gather as much information as possible from people before starting your digital research. Set up a family tree on paper to aid with your research.
Begin the Digital Search with Known Information Always start your digital search with the people you can verify. This typically means starting your search with individuals living in the early part of the 1900s and included in the 1900-1940 census records. Searches on Heritage Quest Online for U.S. Census records can be done from home.
Starting your research with relatives not yet born in 1940 can be problematic. States have different laws pertaining to making vital records (births, marriages, and deaths) public. Some states restrict the availability of vital records for as much as 100 years. At the library, search Ancestry Library Edition’s Card Catalog to find out if the records you need are available.
Narrow Your Search Results
Instead of performing a simple search by name – which can result in thousands of potential results – include a birth date, a spouse’s name, or known location for better results. Note that exact dates are not necessary. It is possible to search for individuals by an approximate birthdate.
Search Creatively
If your ancestors had names that could be easily misspelled, it is likely that you will need to perform multiple searches before finding a match. If you know where your ancestors were living, try browsing census records by location or searching for known neighbors to find them. Names corrected in Ancestry.com will also be searchable by the corrected version of the name in Ancestry Library Edition. Many databases also allow you to search for similar sounding names.
Gather Information from Each Census Year
Each decade of census records collects different sets of data. Do not assume that you have discovered everything about an ancestor from one census record. Some records contain conflicting information about the person and some records asked for different information altogether.
Use Family Tree Data Wisely
Be cautiously optimistic about family trees. Continue to do your own research and use the hints from another user to discover maternal lines, but always verify your own research.