Mt. Clemens Public Library Closed thru May 28, 2020; Temporary Free Remote Access to Ancestry Library Edition Extended thru End of May 2020; MCGG Releases Ancestry Library Edition Overview Video on its YouTube Channel

Our favorite library, Mount Clemens Public Library.
Note: this photo is from a prior year not this year so
we do not have an open house scheduled this year.

Our favorite library, Mount Clemens Public Library, will be closed until at least May 28, 2020, due to State of Michigan efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Like many libraries around the world, our favorite library and the rest of the libraries in the Suburban Library Cooperative are working to bring alternative online resources to its patrons. So do not forget to take a look at the website of the library that issued your library card to see all the online resources offered during this time.

One of these online resources is ProQuest and Ancestry's temporary free remote access offer to Ancestry Library Edition which is extended to the end of May. So, patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries can keep on researching!

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, the Macomb County Genealogy Group has created and finally released a new 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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