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Valuable genealogical database containing worldwide census, birth, death, marriage, military service, immigration, court, and other useful family research records and information. This is a limited Library edition through the State Library of Ohio. Check out the toolkit for all you research questions

Ancestry Library Edition Includes the following Collection databases:
=Tips on searching=
 * Federal Census from 1790 to 1940
 * New York Passenger list 1820-1957
 * Military records
 * Birth, Marriage, Death records (depends on the state)
 * Social Security record
 * Obituaries
 * Street Directories
 * Voters List
 * Church and School directories
 * and more..

Use the Advanced Search feature:
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 * You have the ability to search last and first name by Phonetic similar sounds and meanings.
 * You have the ability to search by region, event and by other family members
 * You have the ability to search by keywords, gender and race or nationality

Use the Card Catalog:
media type="youtube" key="NDfuUDsMM1o" width="336" height="187" The card catalog gives you the ability to : =__Specialized Searching__=
 * Limit your search by title
 * Limit your search by Keywords
 * Limit your search by Collection (database records)
 * Limit by region

Searching for slave records or African American Ancestry
View Tutorial on searching for slave record or slave scheludes View Tips for searching for African American ancestry

Searching for Immigration records
This interface searches several data sets records which includes: The searchers can limit by categories
 * [|New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957]
 * [|Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956]
 * [|U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925]
 * [|UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960]
 * [|New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922]
 * [|Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934]
 * [|U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)]
 * [|Passenger Lists]
 * [|Citizenship & Naturalization Records]
 * [|Border Crossings & Passports]
 * [|Crew Lists]
 * [|Immigration & Emigration Books]
 * [|Ship Pictures & Descriptions]

Searching for camps records after World War II
Searchers can search in the card catalog and type the word holocaust in the keyword search or search specific database

=__Specialized databases__= These specialized databases require a subscription, but you can have access for 14 days- free trial

Discover your African Roots
Limit your searches to these collections for further African American Records
 * Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874
 * U.S. Freedmen Bureaus Record of Field Office Offices, 1865-1872
 * Freedom Bureau Marriage Records

Discover your Jewish Roots
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