This document provides an overview and comparison of the HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition genealogy databases available through public libraries. It describes the key resources included, such as U.S. census records from 1790-1930, books, periodicals, Revolutionary War pension records, and the Freedman's Bank registers. Users are advised that only 12 of the censuses are fully searchable by name and that census records from the last 72 years are restricted. The document also highlights search features and sample searches on Ancestry Library Edition.

1. HeritageQuest Online & Ancestry Library Edition C. Erik Wilkinson, MLS

10. Search Example

12. Select the 1860 census.

13. Click on 2 nd blue link, “lincoln”

18. Results page is very well organized, with tabs, links & lists.

19. Java based page opens more info when you mouse over a link.

21. The SSDI is useful because it gives the date that the person died as well as their general birth location and the specific area where they were pronounced dead.