This is a searchable databases of genealogical resources including U.S., U.K and Canadian census returns, vital statistics, parish records, military records, court records, ships’ passenger lists, directories, family trees, periodicals, local histories, maps and forms. Some records include digitized images. This is the library edition of a popular commercial database. Customers can purchase a personal subscription.

Use this database to answer questions like

• I would like to find a marriage record for my ancestor in Ontario in 1875.
• Do you have the U.S. census records? I want to find my ancestors who came to Canada from the Dakotas in 1905.
• My grandmother was born in England. Can I find her birth certificate?

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• End user tips - Ancestry Library Edition brochure
• End user tips - Introducing Ancestry Library Edition
• Training - Searching Ancestry Library Edition Click on “Search tutorial” in the upper right corner
• Training - Using Ancestry Library Edition:
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• PROQUEST

Searching BGMI will enable you to quickly determine which publication to consult for biographical information. In cases where BGMI provides multiple listings for the same person, you can choose the most convenient source or locate multiple sources to compare and expand information furnished by a single listing.

Use this database to answer questions like

• What is the birthday of Ernest Hemingway?
• Where can I find a portrait of Pierre Berton?
• Is Charles Schultz dead?

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• Training - Tours, Fact Sheets, Tutorials

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• CENGAGE

The Community Heritage and Family History Digital Collections consists of the following collections:

Alison Jackson Photography Collection

In 1988, the estate of former Calgary Public Library librarian Alison Jackson donated an extensive collection of slides and photographs primarily of Calgary's historic buildings and residences to the library's Local History Collection. These pictures, most of which were taken between 1953 and 1977 have now been digitized and made available online. Selected pictures from the former "Virtual Tour of Historic Calgary" also include in-depth architectural and historical building articles originally taken from the Calgary Herald's "Cornerstones" columns. Some biographical articles related to historically significant residences from "Calgary's Heritage Homes" have also been included here.

Judith Umbach Photography Collection

Over 800 photographs were donated to the Local History Collection of the Calgary Public Library in 2005 by Judith Umbach, who gained her appreciation of contemporary history while serving on the Board of Trustees for Calgary Public Library. Most of the pictures document the construction or renovation of well-known facilities in the downtown core and Crescent Heights areas and document Calgary's construction, architecture and development.

Postcards from the Past

Calgary Public Library's extensive collection of almost 2000 historical postcards of Alberta and Calgary has been digitized and made accessible through this searchable database which documents more than 100 years of Alberta history.

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• CALGARY PUBLIC LIBRARY DATABASES

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• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts

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• EBSCO

Daily Life Online is designed for general readers without a background in the subject. It is a dynamic product which explores the way people have lived throughout time across the globe. Not only does it provide lots of information about everyday life, but, through robust search capabilities and three different browsing options – chronological, geographical and topical – it also makes it easy for readers to find what they are looking for, study it in more depth, connect it to related topics, find images and primary documents and, in short, understand what they are studying. Full-length reference books, book chapters, encyclopedia articles, primary documents, "Tours through Time" features, images, maps, chronologies, and links to vetted websites, all centered on everyday life. Teacher resources are included, with extensive lesson plans on different topics.

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• Use this database to answer questions like:
• What did people in Renaissance Italy eat, wear and use?
• What did they hope, invent and sing?
• What plays are performed in modern day China?

Documentation

• End user tips - Daily Life Online Tutorial

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• EDU Reference

Presents biographical information about persons who died between the years 1000 A.D. and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within those years. This online means of consulting the Dictionary of Canadian Biograpny/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC), a major research and publishing project launched by the University of Toronto and the Université Laval in 1959, will provide easier access to published biographies and information of interest.

Use this database to answer questions like

• Was Pauline Johnson ever married?
• Where and when did Calixa Lavallée compose Oh Canada?
• What was Crowfoot’' Indian name?

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• FREE INTERNET DATABASES

Early Canadiana Online consists of approximately 13,948 digitized volumes comprising over 2 million scanned page images of early printed Canadian materials. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th century. It includes 20,000 pages of text detailing the history of Hudson’s Bay Company, and 22,500 pages of Jesuit Relations texts, translated into English.

Use this database to answer questions like

• Is there biographical information about Members of Parliament in the 19th century?
• Who were members of the York County Militia in the 1800's?
• What was life like for women in the 1800's?

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• FREE INTERNET DATABASES

Free instructor-led interactive online courses for adults for professional development and personal enrichment

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• Training - Tours, Fact Sheets, Tutorials

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• CENGAGE

This is the on-line digitized full-image version of The Globe and Mail newspaper which includes every news story, photograph, map, advertisement, classified ad, political cartoon, birth and death notice from its inception in May 1844 (as The Globe) to December 2002. Issues can be browsed by date, or each page can be searched by keyword or phrase through optical character recognition. More recent newspapers can be searched by section (news, business, sports, etc.) or by general page designation (edition front page, lifestyle, etc).

Use this database to answer questions like

• I would like to see some newspaper articles from the time of the Canadian Confederation.
• My parents were married in Toronto in February 1958. Can I find a marriage announcement?
• Can I find the prices of clothing in the 1920's in Canada?

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• Training - Proquest Content, Subject Coverage, Title Lists,
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• PROQUEST

This database includes searchable images of U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 - 1930, selected Revolutionary War documents and Freedman's Bank records. Heritage Quest also includes PERSI (PERiodical Source Index) an index to periodicals of interest to genealogists and historians. Also included is full-text searching of digitized copies of books of genealogical and/or historical interest including genealogies and local histories, church records, military records, vital statistics and city directories. The Info Store includes lessons for beginning genealogists and lessons on using the various records.

Use this database to answer questions like

• Do you have the U.S. census records? I want to find my ancestors who came to Canada from the Dakotas in 1905.
• I am researching family from Yarmouth, NS. Do you have a local history for there?
• Has the cemetery in Vegreville, Alberta been transcribed?
• My ancestor served in the American Revolutionary war. Can I find information about him?

Documentation

• End user tips - Using Heritage Quest Online
• Training - Tour of Heritage Quest Online
• Training - Proquest Content, Subject Coverage, Title Lists,
• Training - Customer Training, Product Demos, Vendor Tutorials, Fact Sheets and Tours:
• Training - Training in Proquest databases

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• PROQUEST

Archive 1888-1994 owned by Calgary Public Library NG magazine to present NG Traveller People, Animals and Places National Geographic Kids

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• Training - Tours, Fact Sheets, Tutorials

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• CENGAGE

This is a full-image online archive of every page published by The Times (London) from 1785-1985. The text of over 8 million articles is searchable by keyword, issue date, article title, byline or article category—Advertising, Business, Editorial and Commentary, Features, News, People and Picture Gallery. In the results, users may see the actual article or the full page upon which it appeared. Search terms are highlighted in the results. The Picture Gallery includes photographs, drawings or any pictorial item not associated with an article. Users can scroll through TheTimesline to see the significant stories of each decade since the 1780s.

Use this database to answer questions like

• Can you find me some prices for used cars in Britain in the 1980's?
• Do you have any newspaper articles about the First World War written at that time?
• Are there any British reviews about Dirk Bogarde's role in Death in Venice?

Documentation

• Training - Tours, Fact Sheets, Tutorials
• Training - Tour of Times of London Digital Archive 1785-1985

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• CENGAGE

Every page of every Toronto Star newspaper from January 2, 1894 is included in this database: the news of the day plus editorial and opinion articles, business pages, photos, political cartoons, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements.

Use this database to answer questions like

• Is there information for an essay I am writing in History class on D Day in World War II in 1944?
• How was Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon in July 1969 covered?
• I am trying to find a birth notice for a relative born in Toronto, but I just have the year of birth: could I find this?

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• Training - Proquest Content, Subject Coverage, Title Lists,
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• PROQUEST

A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. The Vogue Archive preserves the work of the world's greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers and is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day

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• Training - Proquest Content, Subject Coverage, Title Lists,
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• PROQUEST