{"id":16413,"date":"2025-09-30T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpl.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=16413"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:35:37","slug":"ancestry-library","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.wpl.ca\/news\/ancestry-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Out About Your Family History With Ancestry Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"367\">Celebrate Family History Month By Exploring Your Past<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"367\">Did you know you can explore your family\u2019s past for free at the library? With <strong data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"282\">Ancestry Library<\/strong>, you can search historical records from Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"386\">Census records<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"412\">Immigration documents<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"433\">Military records<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"452\">And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"572\">You can even discover new branches of your family tree by connecting with information added by other Ancestry users.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"610\">How to Access Ancestry Library<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"719\">Ancestry Library can only be used while you\u2019re at one of our WPL library locations. Here\u2019s how to get started:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"779\">Stop by any of our WPL library locations.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"779\">Visit the <strong data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"753\">Online Resources<\/strong> section of our website.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"839\">Find <strong data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"808\">Ancestry Library<\/strong> under <em data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"837\">Articles &amp; Research.<\/em><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"882\">Click <strong data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"860\">Use Now<\/strong> to begin exploring.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"905\">What You Can Do<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"958\">Search records to uncover family connections.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"958\">View images of original documents, headstones, and more.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"958\">Explore genealogy tips and discussions on the Message Boards.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"958\">Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.nicheacademy.com\/waterloopubliclibrary\/course\/695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>video tutorial<\/strong><\/a> to learn how to use Ancestry Library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1183\">Keep Exploring<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1418\">Want to dive deeper into genealogy? Try the <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gale.com\/l-waterloopl\/online-courses\/genealogy-basics\/?tab=detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Genealogy Basics course<\/strong><\/a> in <strong data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1275\">Gale Courses<\/strong>, which is also free with your library card. You can also check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpl.ca\/services\/local-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"1333\" data-end=\"1358\">Local History webpage<\/strong><\/a> for more ways to explore the past right here in Waterloo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1418\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.nicheacademy.com\/waterloopubliclibrary\/course\/695\" class=\"button primary shortcode-btn\" target=\"_self\">Watch Video Tutorial<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestrylibrary.com\/\" class=\"button primary shortcode-btn\" target=\"_self\">Use Ancestry Inside Library<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16414,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-16413","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Find Out About Your Family History With Ancestry Library | Waterloo Public Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpl.ca\/news\/ancestry-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Find Out About Your Family History With Ancestry Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celebrate Family History Month By Exploring Your Past Did you know you can explore your family\u2019s past for free at the library? 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