Discover Your Past: Ancestry Library Edition vs. Ancestry.com - Tips & Tricks for Using the Library Edition

What are the differences between what you can access free through your public library on Ancestry Library Edition and what you will find by paying for a subscription at Ancestry.com? Professional genealogist Judy Nimer Muhn (https://lineagejourneys.com/) explains the differences between the two databases and offers some tips and tricks that will help you to be more efficient and effective in finding your ancestors in these records.

Judy Nimer Muhn has been researching her family tree since the age of 12, specializing in French-Canadian, Acadian, Native American and Michigan research. Beginning as a professional genealogist in Europe in 1993, she has lectured at National Genealogical Society conferences, RootsTech, Federation of Genealogical Societies as well as conferences in Europe and around the United States. Traveling extensively around the world, Judy has visited and researched in the villages
and archives of Germany, Scotland, France, Quebec, and Ontario where her or her husband’s family lived. Owner of Lineage Journeys, she conducts research for clients and offers presentations in churches, libraries and organizations.

Judy is the President of the Oakland County Genealogical Society, Vice-President and Social Media committee member and blogger for the Michigan Genealogical Council, board member & Awards Chair of the National Genealogical Society, Secretary of the GeneaBloggers, and a member of many societies – among them: Ontario and Quebec Genealogical Societies, Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and many more.