About Ancestry Library Edition

Explore one of the most comprehensive genealogical resources available today—Ancestry Library Edition, a collaboration between ProQuest and Ancestry.com. This powerful research tool offers unmatched access to historical records from around the globe, with a strong emphasis on the United States and the United Kingdom.

Whether you're tracing your family tree, uncovering local history, or diving into archival research, Ancestry Library Edition provides a rich collection of digitized documents, images, and transcriptions sourced from libraries, archives, and special collections worldwide.

Content for Ancestry Library Edition is sourced from libraries, archives, and special collections all over the world.  Many collections include images or transcriptions in addition to the indexed information for each record. 

• Historical Records
  • Birth, Marriage, & Death
  • Census & Voter Lists
  • Immigration & Travel
  • Military
  • Schools, Directories, & Church Histories
  • Tax, Criminal, Land, & Wills
  • Reference, Dictionaries, & Almanacs
• Stories & Publications
  • Stories, Memories, & Histories
  • Newspapers
  • Periodicals & Magazines
• Photos & Maps
  • Photos
  • Maps, Atlases, & Gazetteers

Ancestry Library Edition is exclusively available on public computers within the library. Due to licensing restrictions, it cannot be accessed through personal devices, even when connected to the library’s Wi-Fi network. To use this resource, please visit your local branch and log in from one of the designated library workstations.