Coronavirus: Free access to Ancestry Library and Find My Past
Ancestry Library and Find My Past are being made available free of charge for use at home while libraries in Shropshire are closed to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
These fantastic resources for family history research are usually only accessible for free from library branches; but for a limited time, special access has been set up to enable library members to use them from home in the e-library.
Library members can simply log into Shropshire Libraries Catalogue with their library card number and their pin number and start researching. For those who are not library members yet, it’s easy to join online for free.
Lezley Picton, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for culture, leisure, waste and communications said:
“Shropshire Libraries are working closely with partner organisations to expand their online services. It’s great to see companies pulling together to keep people motivated and making free access from home to otherwise paid-for online historical research materials. More resources will become available on the Shropshire Libraries website in coming days.”
For tips on research and guides to types of records visit Shropshire Archives and browse their collections pages to see what records they hold.
Get the latest news from Shropshire Libraries
For the latest news from Shropshire Libraries, sign-up to the email bulletin and follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
To help reduce the spread of coronavirus, please stay at home and follow Government advice
Further information
Keep informed and sign up to our daily Coronavirus email updates
Shropshire Council wants to keep you as up to date and informed as possible. To help us do this, we have developed a coronavirus update, that will be sent daily at 8pm via email to anyone who has signed up to our e-bulletins.
This update includes the day’s key Shropshire Council news relating to coronavirus-linked issues. Please click here to sign up for the updates.
Please do encourage your family and friends to sign up to
