Ancestry Library Edition - where to go.

[Oma]

From down under in Nelson  New Zealand all 3 of our libraries
were  connected in April.  Available to Locals and visitors, so if you are down this way and getting withdrawal symptoms you can get your  "GENO KICk" in Sunny Nelson
Oma.


 

[cbcarolyn]

Just to add Milton Keynes have it too. 

The sub-scription is £3,000 therefore although dear to the Libraries a god send to us.

Cheers Sandy

...popped in there today to find out what was on offer - all the PC's were being used at the time, it was lunch time.  Is it the worldwide version or just the UK one?  I have a relative or two that emigrated and would like the challenge of trying to find some records.

I see that they have the Electronic Times in there too. 

[AngelaR]

If it's anything like my local libraries (South Gloucestershire), it's the worldwide one.

The notes in the liibrary imply that it can be accessed from home too, via their portal, but I'd need to check that (I don't believe it....!)

Angela

[cbcarolyn]

Thanks for that I have searched around the MKweb and can't see that I can access Ancestry at home  but you can search the The Times Digital Archive if you have a library ticket.  Will have to keep my eye out - it maybe coming soon,  I think the Times is very new.

I actually live in Ampthill, Beds so have checked BedsCC web as well but they do not seemed to be offering anything.

[AngelaR]

Having had a look at Bedfordshire library websites, most of them say something like

Free access to census records 1841- 1901 on Ancestry Library Edition web site at http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com

........ except for Ampthill of course! I would think it was worth going in to ask  as I imagine it would have been funded for the whole of Bedfordshire.

Good luck!

Angela

[Bill749]

You are qute right Angela - the newspapers can be searched from home using your library card number but Ancestry can only be accessed on site.  If you attempt to access it from home you will get an error message.

Regards, Bill

[AngelaR]

Thanks for that, Bill - I suspected as much 

Pity though - it would have been really good to ditch my Ancestry subscription!

Best wishes

Angela

[loo]

Yes, they buy it on a "per computer" basis;  if they had to licence it to all our home computers, the cost would be astronomical.

[AngelaR]

Thanks for that, loo!

I can see that it does make sense to do it on that basis. If I work really hard on my researches while my subscription is running, I may be able to use the library for the occasional lookup after that. I can't see the library being happy with me using their computers for quite the amount of time I currently spend on family history 

Angela