Ancestry Library Edition (On-Site Access Only)
This addition of Ancestry offers a comprehensive research experience combining our advanced search technology and image viewing of original documents on Ancestry.com. It provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s. You can easily search for census, birth, death/obituary, military, and immigration records from early America to the present.
Library Card Needed for Remote Access
The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. Extensive editorial review of all newspaper sections ensures thorough selection of obituaries for easy access. An easy-to-use interface allows searching by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.
Census data, family records, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, etc. All documents include original page images.
Looking for specific members in your family tree from the Ipswich area or other local history information? Please feel free to reach out to our Local History Librarian at hhorner@ipswichlibrary.org.