Hi Sorry for all the confusion. I was just trying to help others in their search. Sending copies of two e-mails I received this morning from "Tiffany", who, I guess did not appreciate my efforts. Jan Sorry, but you are actually wrong. The library has made a mistake and with your constant advertising, a costly one. If you read the Heritage Quest site you will see it IS a PAID database that the Fremont Library has purchased and probably inadvertently linked it to the open internet. I am sure once their hits go through the roof as they are certainly doing now they will find and correct the problem. Regards, Tiffany While I agree that if you access Heritage Quest through the Fremont Library Link it is free, the database itself is not free. The Fremont Library is paying for the subscription and have decided to let the access be available, or their webmaster made a mistake. Also for some people with certain operating systems or system setups it does not work. This has been on so many lists that the site now just crawls, I am sure it will be noticed and the open link fixed. This happened about six months ago with another library and it took them about 2 weeks to close up the open link. Regards, Tiffany

HI, Jan, I am sure everyone on the list (well, maybe except for Tiffany) appreciates your efforts to help. I actually did get into the census records on one try...every other try, though, required a password. Sometimes when we try to do a good deed we get slammed. Ignore it! If anyone wants free census record help, you can get it through rootsweb. There is a census lookup for almost every state, manned by volunteers. You can sub to the list and ask for a look-up. The folks on the lists are very helpful. For instance, if you are looking for census info in Massachusetts, you just sub to MA-Census-Lookup-L-request@rootsweb.com (Of course you put in the initials to identify which state you want info from when you sub!) Once you get the message that you are subscribed, read the rules for the site, and then you can send your query. Usually the sites like you to put the name of the person, county or city (if known), and from which census you want info in the subject line. I have had very good luck with this. I don't have access to census records otherwise and the folks on those lists have been very kind about doing lookups for me. Hope this helps. Cousin Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <Janabears@aol.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:42 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Census Records > Hi > Sorry for all the confusion. I was just trying to help others in their > search. Sending copies of two e-mails I received this morning from > "Tiffany", who, I guess did not appreciate my efforts. > Jan > > > Sorry, but you are actually wrong. The library has made a mistake and with > your constant advertising, a costly one. If you read the Heritage Quest site > you will see it IS a PAID database that the Fremont Library has purchased and > probably inadvertently linked it to the open internet. I am sure once their > hits go through the roof as they are certainly doing now they will find and > correct the problem. > Regards, > Tiffany > > > While I agree that if you access Heritage Quest through the Fremont Library > Link it is free, the database itself is not free. The Fremont Library is > paying for the subscription and have decided to let the access be available, > or their webmaster made a mistake. Also for some people with certain > operating systems or system setups it does not work. This has been on so many > lists that the site now just crawls, I am sure it will be noticed and the > open link fixed. This happened about six months ago with another library and > it took them about 2 weeks to close up the open link. > Regards, > Tiffany > >

I have gone through the Library url several times since Jan posted it and have had no problems reaching the Heritage Quest database and being able to use it, without needing a password. Thank you Jan for another helpful search tool.