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Western Counties Regional Library’s eLibrary offers a wide range of services. Explore a vast collection of digital fiction and non-fiction for all ages. There are magazines, newspapers, movies, and music. Learn a new language for self-improvement or prepare for your next vacation. Dig into your past or do research for your school project using trusted resources and encyclopedia.
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Ancestry.ca
Western Counties Regional Library provides library members instant access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research through the online database – ancestry.ca. Discover the world’s largest family history resource – immigration records, vital records, census records, family histories, court records, church records, directories, photos, military records, passenger lists and more!
* This resource is only available within our branch libraries. You are not able to access this database from home. While in the library go to http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com and start your search or ask our friendly library staff how to access the service.
Genealogy Research Tips
- List what you already know – start an ancestral chart
- Interview relatives – make family group sheets
- Get death records – death certificates, obituaries, etc. Then…
- Follow death-record clues – time/place of death lead to birth, marriage, other records.
- Search census records – learn where ancestors lived. Then…
- Search local sources – newspapers, local histories, property (land) maps, church records, wills, etc.
- Don’t forget – family histories, immigration records, ship passenger lists, military records, cemetery records, etc.