ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION
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Ancestry Library Edition is a collection of ever increasing databases in the field of genealogy. In July 2009, it included 6,328 separate databases. (It is NOT what the public commonly refers to as ‘Ancestry’ or ‘Ancestry.com, which is a pay for subscription, and which in July 2009 included 28,905 databases) As its name indicates, it is for use only in libraries, not remotely. Ancestry Library Edition includes the most commonly used databases in Ancestry.com, including birth, death and marriage records, census returns, and immigration records. Australian material is being added constantly, but at the moment, the major areas represented are the USA and Great Britain. Most of our patrons use the British and Australian records.
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In the top right hand corner of the home page, there is a link to Help, and inside this, another link to Learning Center. There are many pages of FAQ’s, but they are difficult to search.
More useful is the listing of recent databases, found near the bottom of the home page under More Collections. Here there is a list of databases added in the past 2 months, arranged by date added. However, the geographic listing of databases is much more useful; under the Search tab, click on a geographic area ie UK and Ireland, then England, and view the titles which are arranged into broad subject groupings such as Immigration and Emigration.
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Ancestry Library Edition can be accessed in 2 ways, depending on which PC is being used.
If using a genealogy PC at Bulleen, Box Hill, Doncaster or Nunawading, the path is:-
Click on ‘All’ Ancestry Library Edition is the 3rd icon, follow the prompts.
If using a browsing PC, the path is Services, Genealogy, Ancestry Library Edition, follow the prompts. (Although Ancestry Library Edition can also be accessed Information on the Web page under "Genealogy” I recommend using the first option, as this leads patrons to the entire genealogy page, where they will find other useful information.
Ancestry Library Edition is a collection of ever increasing databases in the field of genealogy. In July 2009, it included 6,328 separate databases. (It is NOT what the public commonly refers to as ‘Ancestry’ or ‘Ancestry.com, which is a pay for subscription, and which in July 2009 included 28,905 databases) As its name indicates, it is for use only in libraries, not remotely. Ancestry Library Edition includes the most commonly used databases in Ancestry.com, including birth, death and marriage records, census returns, and immigration records. Australian material is being added constantly, but at the moment, the major areas represented are the USA and Great Britain. Most of our patrons use the British and Australian records.
Show me
In the top right hand corner of the home page, there is a link to Help, and inside this, another link to Learning Center. There are many pages of FAQ’s, but they are difficult to search.
More useful is the listing of recent databases, found near the bottom of the home page under More Collections. Here there is a list of databases added in the past 2 months, arranged by date added. However, the geographic listing of databases is much more useful; under the Search tab, click on a geographic area ie UK and Ireland, then England, and view the titles which are arranged into broad subject groupings such as Immigration and Emigration.
Try me
Ancestry Library Edition can be accessed in 2 ways, depending on which PC is being used.
If using a genealogy PC at Bulleen, Box Hill, Doncaster or Nunawading, the path is:-
Click on ‘All’ Ancestry Library Edition is the 3rd icon, follow the prompts.
If using a browsing PC, the path is Services, Genealogy, Ancestry Library Edition, follow the prompts. (Although Ancestry Library Edition can also be accessed Information on the Web page under "Genealogy” I recommend using the first option, as this leads patrons to the entire genealogy page, where they will find other useful information.
http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/default.aspx
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Searching is more successful if the Search tab is used, not the Home tab. This is because a search made from Home searches all databases. Once in the Search tab, don’t use the drop down menu, just click on Search, drill down geographically, and then select one specific database, and search only within that.
Ancestry asks for a piece of software to be installed for optimal viewing of the digitized images. However, viewing is still fine, if this software is not installed.
The software is only installed on the 4 genie PC's at BOX, BUL, DON and NUN.
So when you get the message
Please contact your system administrator to install the Ancestry Image Viewer.To continue without installing the Ancestry Image Viewer, click here.
do just that, click on the link and proceed.
QUESTIONS
Who was in May Dwight’s family home in Buckinghamshire on the night of the 1901 census?
(Tip. Search, UK and Ireland, Census and Voter Lists, 1901 census)
How many times did Albert Batchelder born c1902 travel from England to Australia, what ships did he travel on? Is there a picture of any of the ships? What was his occupation?
(Tip. Search, UK and Ireland, UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960)
Where in South Melbourne, Victoria were May and William Ernest Gray living in 1919?
(Tip. Search, Australia, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936, scroll to the bottom, Victoria, check which years are included, scroll back up, enter search terms.)
When Joseph Barnes (12970) arrived in Tasmania in 1844 on the Lady Franklin 1, where had he come from, what was the name of the ship, when and where was the original conviction?
(Tip. Search, Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868
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