Ancestry Library Edition
Grow your
own family tree
Ancestry Library Edition is available for
you free on People's Network computers in
Sefton’s libraries.
You can trace your family history using
Sefton Libraries' subscription to Ancestry Library
Edition.
It’s simple to use this resource:
- come into any Sefton library, log on to a
People's Network computer and navigate to this Ancestry
Library Edition page
- the
direct link - Ancestry Library Edition
- will then take you straight to the external databank's
home page
- just type in your ancestor's name and
any other details you know, such as when and where born, or
when married
The resource includes plenty of search tips
and 'help' pages.
Your search can include: 
- censuses for England, Scotland, Wales, the
Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, 1841-1901
- England and Wales Civil Registration Index
(1837-1983) for births, deaths and marriages - plus
more recent specific indexes
- UK and Ireland parish and probate records
(1500s-1837)
- a variety of American and other foreign material including
directories, Federal Census, convict index, Railway Gazette
data and immigration/naturalisation lists.
This is a special version, for public libraries, of
the "Ancestry" subscription web site. We subscribe so you
don't have to!
Reference Online
Visit
Reference Online to find out about other
websites that the library service subscribes to, and that you can
access
free. For example, the Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography is a great source of information on people's
lives. You can even access some Reference Online sites at home,
using your Sefton Libraries ticket number.
Last Updated on 1/18/2010