Ancestry is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials.
Search, view, retrieve and download records from the largest online genealogy collection.
Access U.K. and U.S. census records, military records, passenger lists and more!
Visit any branch of Cockburn Libraries to access Ancestry.com Library Edition. Come on in and check it out!
Ancestry.com is only available on the computers within our libraries. (or via our WiFi).
eResource features
- Advanced search technology and image viewing of original documents
- Access to billions of historical documents and millions of historical photos
- Access indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s.
Come on in and check it out!
Do you need assistance accessing any of our eResources or installing apps? Book in for a Tech-help session and we will show you how.
How come we don’t have access to ancestry from home anymore?
Hey Craig,
Ancestry was only offered for ‘at home use’ during the period when Libraries were closing due to Covid.
Now that Libraries are all open again, they have reverted back to their ‘in library use’ model.
Thanks.