Hi All: thought you'd be interested. Alison --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: Mariana <pnt@chesapeake.net> To: essex <essex-roots-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: ESX- DAR Lineage Books ON-Line Date: Sun, 25 Jan 98 09:10:31 -0500 Message-ID: <199801251421.JAA15665@tommy.chesapeake.net> -- [ From: Mariana * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Thought that you might be interested in this information. Mariana The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1998 by Richard W. Eastman and Ancestry, Inc. It is re-published here with the permission of the author.- Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books Now Online All 50 volumes of the Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books are now available on Ancestry's Web site. This is a major release of genealogy records in electronic format. It contains thousands of references to U.S. Revolutionary War ancestors and their descendants. It was created from Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution from information submitted by tens of thousands of individuals. Quoting Ancestry's announcement: As with any such contributed database of this size and scope, factual errors may exist in the data, particularly in the area of Revolutionary War service. The NSDAR has gone to great effort to collect and improve upon this valuable collection of ancestral data with additions and corrections whenever possible. For more information on this subject contact the Office of the Registrar General, NSDAR, 1776 D St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006- 5392. Bibliography -- Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (50 volumes). Since this database represents a various compilation of 50 volumes, beginning with volume 8 and ending with volume 63, the years and locations of copyright information varies, according to each volume. For example, volume 8 was published in 1899 in Washington, D.C., whereas volume 63 was published in 1923, also in Washington, D.C. Ancestry's Web site is a mixture of free and "for pay" services.The Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book will eventually be on the "for pay" side. Normally you pay $6.95 permonth to access this new database plus all of Ancestry's othergenealogy offerings. If you subscribe for a full year, the price drops to $59.40 (or about $5.00 a month) plus they throw in your choice of several different "goodies." However, for the first ten days, access to the Daughters of the American Revolution LineageBook is free. Note that the announcement was dated January 19,1998, so I assume the free offer ends on January 29. After that you must pay either a modest $5.00 a month or $6.95 a month,depending upon the plan you choose, to access this information along with all the other genealogy data on Ancestry's Web site. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search.asp or to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/recent.asp -- Mariana Bean Ruggles pnt@chesapeake.net Essex-Roots Mail List [Essex County MA USA] Proud sponsor of Rootsweb.com Native of New Hampshire Living in Maryland --------- End forwarded message ----------