[Genealib] GENEALOGY DATABASES

[janet tomkins]

We have some money left in our Electronic Resources budget, and would
really like to be able to provide remote access to a subscription genealogy
database.

We do have Ancestry Library Edition and it is extremely popular, with the
drawback that it is for in-library use only.

Heritage Quest is available to libraries as a remote database, but I don't
think we'd choose it, as we are located in Canada, and it primarily focuses
on U.S. resources.  Our patrons do have access to U.S. census indexes and
images through Ancestry, and although I know that there is some value to
having Heritage Quest as well, since the census records were scanned by a
different company, I'm not sure that this would add enough value for our
patrons to justify purchase.

Can anyone recommend other subscription genealogy databases (perhaps
British Isles) that are available to libraries and that can be made
available to patrons through remote access?

I'd like to find something specifically genealogical, as opposed to
something like the Times Digital Archive (which we have).


Many thanks,
Janet Tomkins
Genealogy librarian
Vancouver, B.C., Canada