From time to time, this blog will participate in the Family History through the alphabet challenge which geneabloggers all over
the world are participating in.
So this week A is for Ancestry! Did you know that
Yarra Plenty Regional Library and most Victorian Public Libraries subscribe to Ancestry Library Edition? A version of the Ancestry.com subscription website which gives
a huge range of Australian and international resources for family historians. Along with other e-resources 'Ancestry' can be accessed for free in on any PC in every
branch library via our website - Research - Genealogy - e-resources. The site
grows all the time. Highlights include:
·
Searchable English census records 1841 - 1911
with images of the actual census
•
Birth, marriage and death records, including the
England and Wales birth, marriage and death indexes 1837 -2004
•
Records of immigration into the US and of
emigration from the UK
•
Military records, for example 'Great Britain
Army War List January 1893
•
Directories and membership lists, including
British telephone directories 1880 - 1984, being added in batches
•
Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980
•
Australian birth, death and marriage indexes
•
Convict and passengers lists
• Learning Centre and more
• Learning Centre and more
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