- Dates
- 2019-12-17 – 2020-12-17
- Kind
- Library service
- Where
- place/beaver-island-district-library
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- librarygenealogyhistorypublic-service
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In December 2019, the Beaver Island District Library made Ancestry Library Edition available to the public for a year and began planning genealogy workshops, using support identified with the NEA Big Read and a county foundation grant.
Evidence limits
This is a direct library notice. It does not document usage, workshop attendance, or the grant award terms beyond the library’s account.
Sources
- The library announced March workshops on free genealogy sites, continued Ancestry Library Edition access through the end of 2022, and an attached workshop schedule. The text establishes ongoing access and planned workshops, not attendance or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017046
- The library announced March workshops on free genealogy sites, continued Ancestry Library Edition access through the end of 2022, and an attached workshop schedule. The text establishes ongoing access and planned workshops, not attendance or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017081
- Library notices said Ancestry Library Edition was available every day the library was open, with Saturday workshops and afternoon help from Jacque. The February 19 session was moved and then canceled because the library closed for snow; a February 26 notice announced a workshop on foreign ancestors. These notices establish access and selected scheduling, not attendance or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017011
- Library notices said Ancestry Library Edition was available every day the library was open, with Saturday workshops and afternoon help from Jacque. The February 19 session was moved and then canceled because the library closed for snow; a February 26 notice announced a workshop on foreign ancestors. These notices establish access and selected scheduling, not attendance or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017029
- Library notices said Ancestry Library Edition was available every day the library was open, with Saturday workshops and afternoon help from Jacque. The February 19 session was moved and then canceled because the library closed for snow; a February 26 notice announced a workshop on foreign ancestors. These notices establish access and selected scheduling, not attendance or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017036
- Library notices announced continued Ancestry Library Edition access funded by a SUN grant from the Charlevoix County Community Foundation, the Historical Society, and the Library, plus planned 2022 workshops. The archived text preserves the announcements and a later workshop reminder but not the attached schedules, attendance, or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016939
- Library notices announced continued Ancestry Library Edition access funded by a SUN grant from the Charlevoix County Community Foundation, the Historical Society, and the Library, plus planned 2022 workshops. The archived text preserves the announcements and a later workshop reminder but not the attached schedules, attendance, or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016955
- The library announced a one-year public Ancestry Library Edition subscription, five library computers, possible workshops, and funding through the NEA Big Read and a Charlevoix County Community Foundation SUN grant. The notice establishes the service offer, not usage or workshop completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014905
- The library reported that Saturday family-history workshops were continuing, with local helpers, and identified available 1850–1880 census indexes for former Manitou, Leelanau, and Grand Traverse county jurisdictions. This is a direct service update, not an attendance or source-quality audit.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014943
- The library reminded residents that Saturday family-history help continued, with Ancestry Library Edition, other research sites, and microfilm of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century census records and newspapers. This is a direct service notice, not attendance or source-quality evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015009
- The library announced a curbside service start during the pandemic. The attached flyer is not available in the text archive, so service hours and borrowing procedures are not asserted.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015279
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library adds Ancestry Library Edition, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-library-ancestry-genealogy-access-2019/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island District Library, “Genealogy Workshops at the Library” and “Ancestry Library Edition workshops at the Library- 2022,” Beaver Island Forum, March 1 and 31, 2022. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).
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