Mayor: Richie Williamson
General Manager: Scott Greensill
25 September 2012
The family tree branches out at Clarence Regional Library
Family history buffs across the Valley who are keen to meet their ancestors can now trace them simply by visiting their local library.
The Clarence Regional Library has announced the launch of the Ancestry Library Edition database, allowing people to delve into branches of the family tree simply by clicking onto the Library's website - www.crl.nsw.gov.au.
Mayor Richie Williamson has described the Ancestry Library Edition as a wonderful new tool for the library.
"The service is ideal for the family historian or the social historian," he said.
"Ancestry Library Edition provides the most genealogical information available on-line, with more than five billion names in more than 4000 collections. It offers a wide and diverse variety of unique content to help users trace their family lineage or help historians access historical records that have previously not been available online. It is continuously expanding with new content added every business day."
Content highlights include:
Immigration Collections
Parish and Probate Records
Family and Local History Collections
U.S. Federal Census 1790 – 1930
England and Wales Census Collection, 1851 – 1901
England and Wales Civil Registration Index, 1837 – present
"Ancestry Library Edition allows access anywhere within the library system to any number of users," the mayor said. "It's a resource that both the beginner and the advanced researcher can use again and again to explore history and their own family's history."
Clarence Regional Library members can access Ancestry.com by visiting their local Library and booking one of the computers.
Release ends.
Authorised by: Richie Williamson MAYOR 02 6643 0245 or 0427 457 382
For further information contact:
Des Schroder Deputy General Manager (Environment & Economic) 0447 430 261 or 02 6643 0203
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