IMPORTANT: ONLY available while libraries are closed!
Ancestry have been allowing libraries with the Ancestry Library Edition to give their library members access from home!
The State Library of Victoria have TODAY activated this option so if you have your SLV card, just Sign In and got to Databases for access.
NOTE: I wasn’t able to get it working on Chrome but it worked fine on Firefox.
I can also access Ancestry @ Home through my library card for Geelong Regional Library Corporation and that one worked fine on Chrome.
So if you have problems, just try another browser.
ENJOY!
UPDATE: Now also available on NLA
Have had a reply from NLA and while the library is closed you DO have access to Ancestry @ Home
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3304657
Currently, remote access to Ancestry is via the library’s catalogue record only. To access, click on the link for online access found within the catalogue record and login with your user id (found on the back of your National Library card) and your surname. If you do not have a National Library card you can apply for one via our
Get a Library card webpage.
NOTE: Again I have problems with Chrome and/or my security accessing Ancestry from NLA but it works OK with Firefox.
I have sent a request to Central Highlands Libraries in Ballarat as to whether w can log into Ancestry but no answer at all
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I sent the SLV one yesterday (Sunday) and they replied mid morning this morning. Didn’t need to send a message to Geelong Libraries – when I heard that some overseas ones had access, I tried Geelong and bingo – straight in!
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So the offer is for overseas as well? Elaine Craig Whitehorse Manningham
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By overseas – do you mean libraries located overseas? Then the answer is yes – I believe Ancestry were offering this to those who has Ancestry Library Edition. If you mean does it include overseas records – then the answer is yes – the same as the Library Edition has always included O/S records.
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And if you mean can people from overseas use the SLV access – NO – you can only access via libraries where you have a library card. Sorry – your question wasn’t clear and you mentioned Whitehorse / Manningham.
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