MyHeritage Library Edition

MyHeritage Library Edition
Available at the BCGS Library or from home

To access MyHeritage from home:

  • click on the button below to access the log-in page

  • on the log-in page, leave the first box blank (Let’s Find Your Institution)

  • in the username or email address box, enter bcgsmain

  • Click Continue

  • in the Password or PIN box, enter GeneBC=1234

  • Click Sign In

  • On the next page, clickMyHeritage Library Edition

IMPORTANT NOTICE:‍ ‍
The link to MyHeritage is currently not working. We have reached out to them
and will update this notice as soon as the issue is resolved.
Our apologies to our Members. Thank you for your patience.

MyHeritage Access

MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind in the world. It includes billions of historical documents from more than 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes and additional resources. Available in MyHeritage Library Edition is the industry’s most multilingual family history research database.

CONTENTS INCLUDE: Military records, immigration records, passenger lists, citizenship & naturalization records, directories, guides, reference, biographies, yearbooks, government, land and court documents, wills & probate records, with additional content under license including Tributes obituaries, WikiTree, Billion Graves, Canadian Headstones and many others. It also includes more than 5 billion exclusive family tree profiles from MyHeritage and Geni. More than 100 million records are added every month.

NOTE: This subscription does not allow you to do anything with DNA or your personal family trees. Also, you cannot upload photos to take advantage of the MyHeritage photo aps that colour, enhance, or animate your photos.