Learn how to use the Ancestry database!

Want to learn more about the Ancestry Database and be able to help customers with their genealogy questions? Ancestry.com provides training webcasts you can watch at your leisure.

Start with First Steps #1: Getting Started at Ancestry.com.
Summary: New to Ancestry.com? Join Juliana Smith, editor of the Ancestry Weekly Discovery e-newsletter, in this introductory course and learn how Ancestry.com can assist you in your family history journey. Learn how to navigate the site, search for your ancestors in the more than 30,000 collections on Ancestry.com, and start an online tree to organize your finds.

Also check out their Article Archives to develop your research skills and learn new search tips.

Never used Ancestry? It's the Library's most popular genealogical database that customers can only access at the Library. Check out our genealogy page!