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Find Ancestry’s  Many Collections on ALE Home  Page  ALE
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Categories start with DBs of major interest >  Left column  International DBs included Click on more
Below search boxes and featured titles, all Ancestry databases are listed All Ancestry DBs in alphabetical order . . . Scroll down to see them all
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Ancestry content overview

  • 1. The Wider World of Ancestry Databases
  • 2. Find Ancestry’s Many Collections on ALE Home Page ALE
  • 3. Click on “Searches” in the menu bar to see the drop-down menu of database categories database
  • 4. Clicking on any category of database brings a front page filled with choices front page filled with Database categories Scroll down for more Titles of DBs in this category
  • 5. Categories start with DBs of major interest > Left column International DBs included Click on more
  • 6. Below search boxes and featured titles, all Ancestry databases are listed All Ancestry DBs in alphabetical order . . . Scroll down to see them all
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11. Transcriptions from government records or publications
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14. Example of Local Records Transcription DB Source is actually a publication
  • 15. Search results show no image icon Instead Click on View Record
  • 16. Record Page is all you get You can’t verify the information is correctly transcribed . . . Unless you can view the records somewhere else online (rare) or in the “real world.”
  • 17.
  • 18. The Wider World of Ancestry Databases
  • 19. The Wider World of Ancestry Databases