Alison McMillanTechnology Assistant

What is Ancestry Library Edition? ALE is a research tool offering the most comprehensive,

international genealogical information available online, with more than 5 billion names in thousands of collections.

Summary of Contents: Coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom,

including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records.

Record collections from Canada, Europe, and Australia. Thousands of databases containing content from the 13th

century to the 21st century and billions of indexed names. Contains key collections such as U.S. Federal Census

images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection.

Summary of Contents: Census:

U.S. 1940 will be available in 2012 Canada back to mid 19th century U.K. back to 1841

Vital Records from U.S. / Canada / U.K. Immigration Records:

Passenger Lists (also includes travellers and crew) Border Crossings

Military Records: U.S. Foreign (Canada, Europe and Holocaust specific documents)

Other Notable Data: International Collections (ProQuest is working on agreements

with libraries & museums). Newsletters

Summary of Contents:

Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and original images being added all the time.

ALE vs. Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com is designed for the individual -- numerous personalized functionality and options available to private subscribers that are NOT available in the Library Edition.

There are also certain databases or collections that are available in Ancestry.com, but are NOT included in Ancestry Library Edition.

How do I access it?

From within the library ONLY (IP authentication--does not require a

library membership).

Accessible from the Marigold website: www.marigold.ab.ca/eresources

For more information….For more information….

Sign up for ProQuest Genealogy News & Notes Quarterly eNewsletter Anyone can sign up

Also: go to Ancestry.com for the free newsletter www.ancestry.ca/learn/learningcenters

Training Webinars:   http://www.proquest.com/en-US/support/training/webinars.shtml Click on “Genealogy”