Ancestry Library Edition v Ancestry?

Question

Can someone please explain the difference and tell me what does a paid subscription to Ancestry offer over access through a public library to Ancestry Library. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Library Edition basically gives you access to records only.  It doesnt include:

One World Tree

Obituary Collection

Historical Newspaper Collection

PeopleFinder

ProQuest's Genealogy

Local History book collection

The Ancestry World Tree and the Message Boards are read-only

You can't upload personal GEDCOM data or create a family tree

Answer 2

The two have been compared in the following sites.

Genealogy and Family History Records - Ancestry.co.uk

Ancestry.com is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials

www.ancestry.co.uk - 32k - Cached

2.Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records online - Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials

www.ancestry.com - 36k - Cached

3.Ancestry Shop - Ancestry.co.uk

Ancestry.com is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials

www.ancestry.co.uk/shop - 27k - Cached

4.Ancestor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other ... Ancestry (United States) Genealogy. Ancestor worship. Cousin. Family. Family ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry - 19k - Cached

5.Family Ancestry

Home. Contact Us. Family Ancestry. Tracing Family History. Family Tree. Medical Tree ... Welcome to Family Ancestry Project, this site was originally purchased in ...

www.family-ancestry.co.uk - 17k - Cached

6.England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 - Ancestry.co.uk

A free collection of England and Wales Birth records indexed from 1837 to 1983 ... Home My Ancestry Search Publish Charts and Forms Community DNA Learning Centre Shop ...

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7.Genealogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

... with heraldry, in which the ancestry of royalty was reflected in their coats of arms. ... Genealogists who are hobbyists typically pursue their own ancestry. ...

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8.ancestry.uk.com

... and people searches undertaken,ancestry traced and family history researched, ... any particular prompting from within to find out more about my Welsh ancestry. ...

www.ancestry.uk.com/index.htm - 12k - Cached

9.Ancestry.co.uk

Wake up to your family's past and learn about your family history! ... Ancestry.com. Myfamily.com. Genealogy.com. Rootsweb.com. TGN.com. FamilyTreeMaker.com ...

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10.Family Tree • Genealogy • Ancestor • Ancestry • Family History

Family tree site, Genes Reunited, is the largest family tree tracing site in the UK a lot of relations and free software to trace your family tree.

www.genesreunited.co.uk -

Answer 3

I used the library a couple of years ago and I was disappointed with ancestry. I thought I would give it one more go  when I got home. I signed up for a free trial, but even that wasn't enough for me, I wanted to see the whole document not just parts of them, so then I signed up for ancestry.co.uk, on a monthly payment scheme, then I  found relatives had moved to the USA. So I changed my membership to the world deluxe package, and I still have that one. For £ 17:00 a month I have access to every single document on the ancestry database. It's AMAZING, I have been registered with them for two years now and it's proved invaluable to me for my studies (genealogy).

I do lots of look-ups for yahoo genealogy posters now, but I really don't mind that.