You Belong @ Your Community in Ancestry Library Edition

To celebrate our theme of You Belong @ Your Community in GALILEO during National Library Week, we have looked at how to learn more about your city or county in Georgia history resources, including the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the Digital Library of Georgia, and GeorgiaInfo, and in genealogy resources, HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition.

This week, we have looked at the Georgia history resources, New Georgia Encyclopedia, Digital Library of Georgia, and GeorgiaInfo, and at one genealogy resource, HeritageQuest Online.

Today, we’ll look at Ancestry Library Edition, a genealogy resource with a wide variety of historical records, publications, and more.

Georgia Information

To limit your search to Georgia information, log in to Ancestry Library Edition and click the small all databases link at the bottom of the page. Then, scroll down to Filter by Location on the left of the screen to see collections from Georgia.

Blank Forms

Ancestry Library Edition includes many blank forms to help your research. This includes blank census forms from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, which can help when you’re trying to decipher the text of a census record scan. There are also charts and research forms to help you keep track of all the wonderful information you dig up during your search. To access these, log in to Ancestry Library Edition (only available in the library) and click the Charts and Forms tab at the top.

Comparison Chart

If you’re wondering about the difference in HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition, the vendor, ProQuest, has created a chart, which you can access here.

We hope you have found something interesting about your community this week. Thank you for celebrating National Library Week 2012 with GALILEO!