Genealogy News You Can Use: Temporary Free Remote Access to Ancestry Library Edition Extended until Dec. 31, 2021

This slipped our attention but we just noticed that it was announced that the temporary free remote access of Ancestry Library Edition, thanks to its providers ProQuest and Ancestry.com, has been extended until December 31, 2021. As we have said before, according to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

This resource is accessible via the website of the library that issued your library card if that library has a library subscription to Ancestry Library Edition and that library's website setup meets certain requirements and the library has requested this temporary remote access.

So, we patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries and many other library systems across the United States and Canada can continue to keep on researching while we stay safe to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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 while using it is your personal Ancestry online tree nor can you link records to it if you have one. Regardless of whether you have an online tree or tree in a genealogy program on your computer, you will need to remember to download your record image finds with their source information and add them to your genealogy trees manually so you have access to that information in the future. 

To compliment this online resource, remember that on our Macomb County Genealogy Group YouTube channel we have a informational video, 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!
LE

We Learned the Other Night: Temporary Free Remote Access to Ancestry Library Edition Now Extended to September 2021

 We received word last night that once again it was announced that the temporary free remote access of Ancestry Library Edition, thanks to its providers ProQuest and Ancestry.com, has been extended until September 2021. As we have said before, according to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

This resource is accessible via the website of the library that issued your library card if that library has a library subscription to Ancestry Library Edition and that library's website setup meets certain requirements and the library has requested this temporary remote access.

So, we patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries and many other library systems across the United States and Canada can continue to keep on researching while we stay safe to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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 while using it is your personal Ancestry online tree nor can you link records to it if you have one. Regardless of whether you have an online tree or tree in a genealogy program on your computer, you will need to remember to download your record image finds with their source information and add them to your genealogy trees manually so you have access to that information in the future. 

To compliment this online resource, remember that on our Macomb County Genealogy Group YouTube channel we have a informational video, 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!
LE

New Genealogy News: Temporary Free Remote Access to Ancestry Library Edition Now Extended to June 2021

Now that the MCGG boxes are moved in preparation of our favorite library's renovation we turn to some news. Yet again on the one hand we can consider this good news but on the other ... well, it may not be so comforting. So focus on the positive aspect of this everyone. The other day, it was announced that the temporary free remote access of Ancestry Library Edition, thanks to its providers ProQuest and Ancestry.com, has been extended until June 2021. As we have said before, according to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

This resource is accessible via the website of the library that issued your library card if that library has a library subscription to Ancestry Library Edition and that library's website setup meets certain requirements and the library has requested this temporary remote access.

So, we patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries and many other library systems across the United States and Canada can continue to keep on researching while we stay safe to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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 while using it is your personal Ancestry online tree nor can you link records to it if you have one. Regardless of whether you have an online tree or tree in a genealogy program on your computer, you will need to remember to download your record image finds with their source information and add them to your genealogy trees manually so you have access to that information in the future. 

To compliment this online resource, remember that on our Macomb County Genealogy Group YouTube channel we have a informational video, 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!
LE

New Genealogy News: Temporary Free Remote Access to Ancestry Library Edition Now Extended to March 2021

Once again on the one hand we can consider this good news but on the other ... well, it may not be so comforting. So, let us focus on the positive aspect of this. Recently, it was announced that the temporary free remote access of Ancestry Library Edition, thanks to its providers ProQuest and Ancestry.com, has been extended until March 2021. As we have said before, according to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

This resource is accessible via the website of the library that issued your library card if that library has a library subscription to Ancestry Library Edition and that library's website setup meets certain requirements and the library has requested this temporary remote access.

So, we patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries and many other library systems across the United States and Canada can continue to keep on researching while we stay safe to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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 while using it is your personal Ancestry online tree nor can you link records to it if you have one. Regardless of whether you have an online tree or tree in a genealogy program on your computer, you will need to remember to download your record image finds with their source information and add them to your genealogy trees manually so you have access to that information in the future. 

To compliment this online resource, remember that on our Macomb County Genealogy Group YouTube channel we have a informational video, 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!
LE

Ancestry Library Edition Temporary Remote Access Extended Again — Now Available until End of December 2020

Well, on the one hand we can consider this good news but on the other ... well, it may not be so comforting. Let's focus on the positive aspect of this. Yesterday, it was announced that the temporary free remote access of Ancestry Library Edition, thanks to its providers ProQuest and Ancestry.com, has been extended until December 31, 2020. As we have said before, according to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

This resource is accessible via the website of the library that issued your library card if that library has a library subscription to Ancestry Library Edition and that library's website setup meets certain requirements and the library has requested this temporary remote access.

So, we patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries and many other library systems across the United States and Canada can continue to keep on researching while we stay safe to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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 while using it is your personal Ancestry online tree nor can you link records to it if you have one. Regardless of whether you have an online tree or tree in a genealogy program on your computer, you will need to remember to download your record image finds with their source information and add them to your genealogy trees manually so you have access to that information in the future. 

To compliment this online resource, remember that on our Macomb County Genealogy Group YouTube channel we have a informational video, 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!
LE

Ancestry Library Edition Temporary Remote Access Extended Again — Now Available until End of September 2020

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 if that library has a library subscription to Ancestry Library Edition and that library's website setup meets certain requirements and the library has requested this temporary remote access.

Looking at our favorite library's genealogy pages we have learned this wonderful resource has been extended again until the end of September. As we said last month, according to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

So, we patrons of the Suburban Library Cooperative libraries and many other library systems across the United States and Canada can continue to keep on researching while we stay safe to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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 while using it is your personal Ancestry online tree nor can you link records to it if you have one. Regardless of whether you have an online tree or tree in a genealogy program on your computer, you will need to remember to download your record image finds with their source information and add them to your genealogy trees manually so you have access to that information in the future.

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!
LE

Temporary Remote Access Extended until End of August 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 our favorite library's genealogy pages we have learned this wonderful resource has been extended again until the end of August. As we said last month, according to ProQuest this temporary remote access will be re-evaluated monthly.

So, we 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, 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!
LE

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!
LE

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!

It is May 4th aka Star Wars Day!

Watch the Star Wars movies, or as many as you can, and get inspired to research the stories in your own family tree.

There are many free online resources and quite a few more now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Use your library card to take advantage of them. Read our earlier posts to learn about these various free online resources.

Do not know where to begin? See our Beginner's Packet located on our Research Help page. Need some help with Ancestry Library Edtion? See our YouTube channel with our new video, An Overview of Ancestry Library Edition.

Have fun researching your family tree!

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

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!
LE

It's an Assorted Catchup ... Part 2 The Other Stuff Out There for Genealogists

We hope you are staying home and staying safe. If you have some extra time for genealogy here are somethings to note going on in the genealogy world. There is a lot so we are going to make multiple posts under the Assorted Catchup ... column. This is the second Assorted Catchup ... column. If we hear of some more free access or sales we will add another post.

MyHeritage 
MyHeritage website has been offering free access to various collections during this pandemic shutdown. First it was the U.S. Census records collection, then making the use of its MyHeritage in Color tool free and unlimited until April 22 (it colorizes black and white photo scans) and now there is free access through May 23, 2020, to its U.S. Yearbook collection to which it applied its MyHeritage in Color tool to colorize black and white yearbooks. Don't forget about its Stay At Home/DNA Day Sale too.

Do not forget that Michigan records have remote access to MyHeritage Library Edition through the Michigan Electronic Library (mel.org) for free.

Family Tree Webinars 
Family Tree Webinars has been making one of its 1,000+ archived webinars free each day for the month of April. This is in addition to the new webinars that are free to view Live while it is being recorded and for the first week after being recorded.

National Archives in the United Kingdom
The National Archives in the United Kingdom is making its digitized records collection (those at its own website) free for as long as the Kew building is closed. This does not include any of its digitized collections that are with other subscription websites. So, in the complete list of Digital Collections look for collections without any website logos to the right of the collection name. See the archives' press release for details (the second link here.)

The Ancestor Hunt 
The Ancestor Hunt blog recently updated its HUGE list of links to United States and Canada digitized newspapers. If you have not checked this site out -- lately or at all -- do so. It is a good resource for locating what newspapers are available at both free and pay-sites.

Ancestry.com and Ancestry Library Edition
Remember our previous posts here and here on free access to both Ancestry.com collections and remote access through your local library. From what we understand ProQuest and Ancestry.com has extended the free remote access to Ancestry Library Edition until May 31 but we are not sure if it is an automatic extension or if libraries have to do anything to continue patron access. When we find out we will let you know.

We are sure there are more offers out there so surf the web and take a look around at those various genealogy websites. But be careful, remember if it sounds too good to be true it likely is not a good thing.

Stay home and stay safe.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

Reminders about Temporary Free Remote Access to Library Edtion until April 30th; Free Access to Certain NARA Record Collections on Ancestry.com

Hey Everyone!

Ancestry Library EdtitionWe wanted to remind everyone of two developments with Ancestry.com that might help ease your (or a child's or grandchild's) boredom during this extended time of "Stay at Home, Stay Safe." Hopefully you saw our earlier posts here and here.

Ancestry Library Edition

The first reminder is that if you have a library card issued by the Suburban Library Cooperative than as of late last week you now have temporary free remote access to Ancestry Library Edition from where ever you are, hopefully you are home. This temporary free remote access is good thru April 30, 2020.

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.

We will be creating an Overview of Ancestry Library Edition video for our YouTube channel in case you need to brush up on the website. Since these areas are common to the Ancestry.com personal home subscription it will help you brush up on using Ancestry.com as well. This video should be up in a day or so.

ProQuest (a database provider to businesses such as libraries) in coordination with Ancestry.com has made this free offer to libraries that have subscriptions to Ancestry Library Edition for in-library use. If your library has Ancestry Library Edition and its website meets certain requirements your library can request to participate in the temporary free remote access to. Just email and ask them. The sooner you do, the sooner you can enjoy searching from home too.

We thank everyone who made this possible.

Ancestry.com

In the meantime,  there is our second reminder that Ancestry.com in cooperation with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has made certain record collections from NARA available for free access during this COVID-19 time.

Ancestry has now created a special search page for the free offer. On the search page is a link to the NARA record collections included in the free access offer. A quick look at the list shows all the U.S. Federal Census enumerations; a variety of passenger lists including Baltimore and New York to name couple; naturalization records for various locations; some tax records; some military records; some Freedman's records; and some Native American rolls. Take a look, there is a lot there to search.

To take advantage of this free access to NARA records, you simply need a free guest account. Do remember that usually a free username will not request your credit card information. Do not click on the free trial because that will require your credit card information. This page here is the one needed to create a free username (no credit card.) The other option now that a special search page has been created is to do a search and select a record image to view. Then the website will request you sign-in or create a free guest account. If you need to create a free account the website will take you to the page given above. Remember free guests accounts do not expire so if you have one just sign into that one. If you do not recall either your username or password, request a new password using your email address. If you recall, each Ancestry account requires a unique email address.

Use Ancestry as a Teaching Tool
Now about those kids or grandkids that might be going stir-crazy by now. Remember Ancestry announced on its Ancestry blog that it is making teacher-developed lesson plans available for free for anyone to download, covering a range of educational topics for various ages. There is list of teacher-developed lesson plans listed on the blog post. And now more information can be found on a special Ancestry Education page. While the page promotes its free AncestryK12 no-cost program you can find the free lesson plans under the Resources link including links to other free research guides and research aids like a PDF of Interview Questions to ask family members. So get those kids and grandkids to help you with your genealogical research and then talk with them about what they found and what it might have been like in those times. You can do it remotely (keep to social distancing guidelines) using today's video chatting technology or simply with your phone.

Stay Safe Everyone.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

 

Ancestry.com and ProQuest Offers Temporary Remote Access of Ancestry Library Edition to Libraries that Currently Subscribe to ALE In-Library Use Only

Note: This post was originally published on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at 10:31 p.m. EDT. It has been updated to include recently released information.

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