Ancestry Library Edition 2008 Nicola Giles Customer Education & Training Specialist

1. Ancestry Library Edition 2008 Nicola Giles Customer Education & Training Specialist

2. Agenda • Brief Introduction to Ancestry Library Edition • Key Content / Recent Content Additions • Interface Overview and Functionality

3. What is Ancestry Library Edition? • Ancestry Library Edition is a working solution to understanding the past • Most comprehensive online genealogical database available to libraries • Over 4 billion names in over 3500 collections

4. Variations on a theme… • Ancestry Library Edition • Ancestry.com • Ancestry.com.au What’s the difference?

5. Variations on a theme… • Ancestry Library Edition • Sold to academic institutions and libraries • Ancestry.com • Consumer edition • Allows end-users to upload information • More advertising

6. Variations on a theme… • Ancestry.com.au • Contains 23 collections specifically relevant to Australia • These collections are included in Ancestry Library Edition.

7. What can ALE offer you? • Genealogy one of the fastest growing interests in public domain • Membership of genealogical societies is on the increase • Opportunity to greatly increase your library/archive centre footfall!

8. What can ALE offer your users? • Opportunity to trace their ancestors in UK, US and certain international territories • Access to the historical records required to build a family tree; Census, BMD indexes, Passenger Lists, Military Records and much, much more…. • A tool for those interested in historical research as a whole

9. Key Content • U.S. Census Collection 1790 – 1930 • England & Wales Census 1851 – 1901 • England & Wales Civil Registration Index 1837 – present • UK Parish & Probate Records • Pallots Marriage & Baptism Index for England 1780 - 1837

10. Key Content • Immigration Collection • Military Collection • Family & Local History Records • Ancestry World Tree • Ancestry message boards

11. Recent Australian content launched!

12. Tour of Ancestry Library Edition