Website Wednesday - Ancestry

Ancestry has again been adding new record sets to their database.  New records sets recently added include :

Australia

• New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes,1862-1938 Records 1,369,220
• Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1925-1933 Records 315,012
• Queensland, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1864-1945 Records 1,249,156
• Queensland, Australia, Blue Books, 1870-1911 Records 9,343
• Queensland, Queensland Criminal Reports, 1860-1907 Records 268
• Western Australia, Australia, Burial Records, 1899-2024 Records 700,434
• Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, Church Records, 1840-1899 Records 10,232
• New South Wales, Australia, Mineworker Fatalities, 1869-1939 Records 1,696
• New South Wales, Australia, List of Convicts and Deserters, 1790-1868 Records 1,114
• New South Wales, Australia, Early Newspaper Index, 1828-1919 Records 4,000

United Kingdom

• Birmingham, England, Electoral Registers, 1833-1972 Records 49,105,506
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1949 Records 1,532,634
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1999 Records 514,948
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924 Records 2,213,998
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Records 4,576,549
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924 Records 1,544,406
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997 Records 413,911
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950 Records 1,091,738
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Records 2,731,359

Ancestry is one of the largest genealogy websites worldwide, and for those on a tight budget Ancestry Library Edition may be available from your local public library. 

Ancestry Library Edition provides access to all records included in a paid world subscription.  Census, BMD, Military, Immigration, Pictures, Stories, Maps, Trees, etc.  It does not allow you to create your own  online tree and link records to it. 

The database can only be accessed in-house, not from home, but will generally be available on your library's public PCs and via their public wi-fi using your own laptop or tablet.  Records can generally be downloaded to a USB or to your device, and printing may also be available.