Okay, Macomb County Genealogy Group Members it is time to take action!
Does the library your library card originates from have Ancestry Library Edition for use while in its library? If yes, and you want temporary remote access from home to Ancestry Library Edition ask your "home" library to request this temporary offer from Ancestry and ProQuest Library the provider of Ancestry Library Edition to libraries. The sooner you ask the sooner your library will hopefully start the request process.
Update Saturday, March 28, 2020, about 1:58 p.m.: We just learned from Theresa Mann at Mount Clemens Public Library that ALL libraries in the Suburban Library Cooperative as of today now have temporary remote access to Ancestry Library Edition for their respective library card holding patrons. The instructions we received were to sign into your library's website with your library card number and password and then on the left or right you should find a link to the Ancestry Library Edition. But you might have to search around for where your "home" library placed its link. Clinton-Macomb Public Library's is on the main page, just click the Research and choose Ancestry Library Edition from the drop down menu.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE!
If you live in another county and the library that issued you a library card has Ancestry Library Edition for in-library use, ask your library to request the remote access offer too. Hopefully its website meets the requirements and you can eventually enjoy remote access too.
We will be creating an overview of Ancestry Library Edition (with how it differs from the personal home subscription version) very soon. Look for it on our new MCGG YouTube channel.
We know are MCGG members live in a variety of areas and their library cards come from a variety of libraries which is why we are letting you all know to request this from your home library.
Considering the situation we find ourselves in as a nation, it is a kind jester from Ancestry.com and ProQuest. Not only can one spend some unexpected free time researching one's family but Ancestry has some teacher-created lesson plans for various grade levels to keep your children engaged. See our previous post on March 25.
Library websites do have to meet certain requirements in order to qualify. Hopefully your home library's website does and they take action to request this offer which is currently set run through the end of April. But you need to ask your library to take action.
We know our favorite library, Mount Clemens Public Library, is working on getting this temporary access but it is not a done deal yet.
At the present time we know the following libraries in the Suburban Cooperative Library system (yes, we checked all of the websites/Facebooks), have received temporary remote access to Ancestry Library Edition for their respective library card holding patrons:
Clinton-Macomb Public Library (as of March 26)
This resource, usually only available [while in CMPL] at the library, is now available from the comfort of your home for a limited time. Access this from the library's homepage. Select the Research tab and select Ancestry.com (Library Edition) from the menu. You will need to sign in with your barcode and PIN.
Troy Public Library (as of March 25?)
It looks like Troy Public Library has also got the okay. It appears if Troy is your home library the access point is from the library's home page in the "rotating cards" at the top of the page. We say it appears because the text in the "rotating card" does not give a lot of information.
We will update this post as we learn of any other local libraries participating.
In the meantime, you can get temporary free access at Ancestry.com to certain National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) digitized records thanks to cooperation with the National Archives. See our March 25 post for details and how to get free access.
See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
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