Ancestry Library Edition - where to go.

[joanne56]

I grabbed the free 3 day trial on Ancestry .com last week and I must say I was very dissapointed. The records are not as structured as ours and if you have no idea whereabouts in the USA your ancestors may have headed you have very little chance of finding them. Especially if they were Irish.  :'

Joanne

[Sherwood]

I happened upon this thread while just casually browsing the site and realised that the Library Edition of Ancestry is just what I need.  Checked out my county library website and there it was, advertised on their portal.  Toddled off to nearest branch, logged in to a 'drop-in' PC (30 minutes use) and quickly got access to all UK Censuses, including images and ability to save at full resolution to my memory stick.  OK, the site is US oriented by default (looks like there is access to their records as well) but I can live with that.

Enquiries suggested that all UK libraries now subscribe to this invaluable tool.

Is there a case for moderators to post a 'sticky' on each county's look-up request' section to draw everyone's attention?

Sherwood.

[stonechat]

Unfortunately no library I know has access to this

Surrey Library (where I live) does not

Bracknell library (where I used to work  does not)

Bob

[dawnsh]

Looks like London Borough of Ealing libraries have it but haven't used it yet to be sure.

Will let you know when I've checked it out.

Dawn

[Valry]

Leicestershire libraries do not appear to have it - anyone know differently?

Valry

[Sherwood]

OK, not all UK covered so we need an up-to-date list.  I've scanned this thread and gathered the offerings together, trying to put them into counties as per the Rootschat county list.  I've checked some library web sites as well.  Input from other members is now needed to verify/amend/update the list.  Where I have shown a specific town/place in a county perhaps someone could say whether access is countywide.  There are a few where I don't know which county they should go in; please advise.

Bedfordshire   YES
Berkshire     West Berks, Windsor & Maidenhead but NOT Bracknell Forest (Unitary Authorities)
Buckinghamshire   Milton Keynes
Cambridgeshire   YES
Cheshire   YES, includes Halton and Wirrel
Cornwall    YES
Cumberland   UNKNOWN
Derbyshire   Local studies library, Irongate
Devon   YES
Dorset   YES
Durham   YES
Essex   YES
Gloucestershire   South Gloucs.
Hampshire   YES (in 'many' Hants. libraries)
Herefordshire   UNKNOWN
Hertfordshire   YES
Huntingdonshire   UNKNOWN
Kent   YES
Lancashire   YES
Leicestershire   NO
Lincolnshire   NE Lincs.
London   Hillingdon, Ealing
Middlesex   UNKNOWN
Norfolk   Norwich
Northamptonshire   UNKNOWN
Northumberland   YES
Nottinghamshire   ANCESTRY in county, FINDMYPAST in city
Oxfordshire   UNKNOWN
Rutland   UNKNOWN
Shropshire   YES
Somerset   North Somerset
Staffordshire   Stoke
Suffolk   YES
Surrey   Richmond upon Thames
Sussex   UNKNOWN
Warwickshire   YES
Westmorland   UNKNOWN
Wiltshire   Trowbridge, Swindon
Worcestershire   History Centre, Trinity St
Yorkshire (East Riding and York)   UNKNOWN
Yorkshire (North Riding)   Scarborough
Yorkshire (West Riding)   Calderdale, Halifax


These have access but I don’t know which of the above counties to put them in:
Birmingham, Solihull, Sandwell
Liverpool
North Tyneside, Middlesbrough


WALES
Glamorgan   YES
Monmouthshire   YES


NON-UK
Canada   Toronto, Victoria ( BC)
New Zealand   YES
Tasmania   YES
Australia   Melbourne

[kassie]

I live in Victoria, B.C. Canada and was delighted to discover that my local library also has Ancestry Library Edition.

Kassie

[silvery]

Wirral libraries have it.

Halton, I think, comes under Cheshire.

[cottonflower]

Flintshire YES
Denbighshire NO