Ancestry Library Edition is a growing database of genealogical sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more. Coverage is international and includes: federal and U.S. censuses; birth, death, and marriage records including the Social Security Death Index; and U.S. border crossing and trans-ocean ship records; Canadian records from the Census of Canada; and key vital records, such as the Drouin Collection (1621-1967), which includes nearly 30 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Quebec; U.K. censuses for England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and Scotland, with nearly 200 million records; Births and Baptisms (1834-1906), Marriage Licences (1521-1869), Deaths and Burials (1834-1934), and Poor Law Records (1840-1938) in London; and other international collections like German census records, Chinese surnames from the Jiapu Collection of Chinese lineage books, and Jewish family history records from Eastern Europe and Russia.
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