Learn the stories behind the names on your family tree.
The library edition of the popular Ancestry.com website, Ancestry Library is a genealogy database that covers billions of records including census data, directories, photos, and family trees from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Get started
Visit a GVPL branch and explore your roots!
Your privacy
This Digital Collection is a third-party service hosted in the U.S. or in another location outside Canada. Creation of a user account may store limited Personal Information (email address, password, library barcode and password, and the date of your last login) on a server stored outside Canada. Upon account creation, you are consenting and become subject to the privacy policy of the service provider. GVPL encourages patrons to review all third-party privacy policies and statements to protect their personal information.
Where other (third-party) organizations require personal information in order to provide services on behalf of the Library, the Library makes reasonable efforts to obtain commitments from such organizations that they treat the personal information in compliance with FIPPA and this policy. However, once information is in the hands of other organizations, it is beyond the Library’s control, and the Library cannot be accountable for the use, or further disclosure, of that information.
What you need
Access to GVPL Wi-Fi or a library computer
Access location
Only available to use at GVPL branches
