Temporary Remote Access Extended until End of July for Ancestry Library Edition

One of the temporary online resources that developed out of these COVID-19 times is the temporary remote access of Ancestry Library Edition thanks to its providers ProQuest and Ancestry.com. This resource is accessible via the website of the library that issued your library card.

Looking at ProQuest's support page we have learned this wonderful resource has been extended until the end of July. According to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

So, we believe patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries can keep on researching! If we hear otherwise we will let you know.

You can access Ancestry Library Edition by signing into the website of the library that issued your library card and then clicking the link to Ancestry Library Edition. You will be taken to the Ancestry Library Edition home page and from there you can search to your heart's content. Ancestry Library Edition has no personalized features so among other things you can not access your personal Ancestry online tree or link records to it if you have one. So you will need to remember to download your record image finds and add the information to your genealogy trees manually.

To compliment this online resource, remember that the Macomb County Genealogy Group has created an overview video on our YouTube channel. This video is An Overview of Ancestry Library Edition. After explaining the differences between Ancestry Library Edition and a personal home Ancestry.com subscription, we walk you around the Ancestry Library Edition website and some different ways to start searching for your ancestors.

We hope you are able to utilize this genealogy resource (Ancestry Library Edition) and learn something new about your ancestors.

If you need help starting genealogy see our MCGG Beginner's Packet for Family Research on our Research Help page.

Remember to have fun researching your ancestors everyone. And stay safe.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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Check Out the Proposed Renovation Video of Mount Clemens Public Library -- Our Favorite Library

We have been on a short hiatus. We hope you are safe and well and scored some genealogy deals this past Father's Day. Maybe you have gotten some genealogy done besides the ever present yard work too.

A screen capture showing the outside of the proposed renovation.

Check out the YouTube Channel of our favorite library, Mount Clemens Public Library, and its new video showing the proposed library renovations. Take note of the changes, some are remarkable. Yes, this is the same building, same place. As it has been described: take the building remove the insides and re-think them and while you are at it renew the outside too.

While you are there, take a look at MCPL's video on its new pickup procedures for items checked out.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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