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Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition is a subscription website that provides access to over five billion names in more than 23,000 databases.
What can I find?
The databases span a large range of record types including:
- Census records
- Directories
- Civil registration records
- Parish records
- Probate records
- Immigration records
- Military records
- Biographies
- Land records
- Court records
- Convict records
- Newspapers
- Gazetteers & maps.
Ancestry Library Edition is primarily for non-Australian research as content focuses on European (including the UK) and North American sources. The Australian databases that are available mainly provide access to immigration or convict records. Many of Ancestry Library Edition’s databases include digitised original sources which are essential in undertaking thorough and successful genealogical research.
Popular individual databases available on Ancestry Library Edition include:
- UK census 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 & 1901
- UK civil registration indexes 1837-1983
- English parish and probate records
- Pallot's Marriage Index 1780–1837
- British telephone books 1880-1984
- British Army WWI pension records 1914-20
- Convict transportation registers 1787-1868
- NSW & Tasmanian convict musters 1806-1849
- NSW & Tasmanian settler and convict lists 1787-1834
- NSW & Tasmanian convict pardons and tickets of leave 1834-1859
- Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales 1861-1933.
How to access Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition is available on all computer workstations in the Information Centre, Redmond Barry Reading Room and La Trobe Reading Room, as well as workstations 1, 2, 4, 10, 13-19, 175, 176 and 179 in the Genealogy Centre. It is not available to remote users at this time. No bookings are required.
Searching
Searching Ancestry Library Edition is easy. Simply type in the first and last names of your person of interest - the Country, County/State and Year Range fields are optional.
- Click 'Search'.
- The results list matching databases and number of hits in each.
- Click on database to view matching records.
Advanced searching
The following advanced search functions are available. To access these functions, click on the grey 'Search' tab at the top of the screen.
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Advanced |
First Name, Last Name, Country, County/State, Year Range,
Spelling, Keywords, Record Type and Name proximity |
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Browse by location |
Use the maps to select a Country and County/State of interest to view databases covering that location. |
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Browse records |
Select an individual database or group of databases to search. |
Help with searching
If you need help using Ancestry Library Edition click on the grey 'Search' tab at the top of the screen and click on 'Search tips' for a brief introduction to Ancestry Library Edition and tips for effective searching. 'Search tips' is located on the top right-hand corner of the Search homepage, to the left of the 'Browse records' list.
What else is available on Ancestry Library Edition?
- Trees & Community Collections
The databases in this section of Ancestry Library Edition are not original sources for genealogical research. These include Ancestry’s Online Family Tree, Message Boards and World Tree, which simply provide contact details for other people & the results of their research.
- Charts and forms
Ancestry Library Edition provides access to charts and forms for genealogical research such as ancestral charts, family group sheets and research logs to help you organise your family history information. These forms are available as PDFs in the ‘Charts and forms’ sections.
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