Ancestry Library Edition (ALE) is the result of a partnership between Ancestry.com and ProQuest. This premiere genealogy database is distributed exclusively by ProQuest to the library market and is ideal for the family historian or the social historian. Ancestry Library Edition provides the most genealogical information available on-line, with more than 5 billion names in over 4,000 collections. It offers a wide and diverse variety of unique content to help users trace their family lineage or help historians access historical records that have previously not been available online. It is continuously expanding with new content added every business day.

Content highlights include:

• U.S Federal Census 1790 – 1930
• England and Wales Census Collection, 1851 – 1901
• England and Wales Civil Registration Index, 1837 – present
• Immigration Collections
• Parish & Probate Records
• Family & Local History Collections

Features of Ancestry Library Edition

• Clean, appealing homepage provides easier access to the features that are used most
• Perform a ranked search, exact search or quick search that will rank the results according to relevance
• Use the global map search box to search for records within a particular country
• Charts and Forms Page combines free blank forms and templates in one, easy-to-find location
• Search Tips link gives simpler instructions and covers the key databases
• All-new dynamic Help Files created especially for the library market. Librarians can even request additions, including new topics and questions

Please note remote access is not available in Public Libraries or Family History/Genealogical Societies for this product.

Accessing Ancestry Library Edition

In response to customer feedback, there have been significant improvements made to the Ancestry Library Edition interface. A new Enhanced Viewer was recently released, which allows approximately 95% of the content to be viewed through this one interface. There are also new intuitive navigation buttons and other improvements such as image enhancing and simplified on-screen navigation.

Ancestry Library Edition also allows access anywhere within the library system, to any number of patrons. There are no simultaneous user restrictions. It’s a resource that both the beginner and the advanced researcher can use again and again to explore history, and their own family’s history.

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