To my great dismay, the Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown, CT, which has previously provided access to the HeritageQuest online library as part of its $35/yr. Godfrey Scholar membership program, is dropping HQ effective January 1st. Current subscribers (I am up for renewal and do not qualify) will be allowed to continue to use the Heritage Quest material until the end of their current subscription or December 31, 2006. As longstanding subscribers to this list will recall, I have often touted Godfrey membership as not only an outstanding bargain, but as a means of supporting a non-profit, member-oriented organization. While the second statement remains unchanged, I can no longer speak to the first vis a vis the Godfrey. Their web page indicates that they still offer the "Early American Newspapers" (Readex) collection, which is extremely useful, but without the census access and substantial book collection offered through HQ, the value strikes me as severely diminished. The Godfrey's announcement does state, >Heritage Quest is available from many of the state and local public libraries at no cost. Quoting a recent comment from one of the Heritage Quest officials, "...we have over 2600 subscribing libraries with every state having several, if not all, public libraries having access.."< My local public library in Littleton, NH (population 5,600) does not offer HeritageQuest access, or anything similar. Perhaps those of you who live in urban areas with large, well-funded libraries will have better luck locally. For the moment, I've fired off email inquiries to the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New Hampshire State Library, hoping to find a replacement portal and to keep my support dollars in-state. I felt it important to update our readers and to qualify my past endorsements of Godfrey membership with this important and unfortunate news. http://www.godfrey.org/ Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ============================================ BROOKS-NE-L (Brooks Families of New England) at RootsWeb.com ============================================

New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEGHS) offers HeritageQuest to its members ($70.00 per year). Kathy (CT) Quoting Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.org>: > To my great dismay, the Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown, > CT, which has previously provided access to the HeritageQuest > online library as part of its $35/yr. Godfrey Scholar membership > program, is dropping HQ effective January 1st. Current > subscribers (I am up for renewal and do not qualify) will be > allowed to continue to use the Heritage Quest material until the > end of their current subscription or December 31, 2006. > > As longstanding subscribers to this list will recall, I have > often touted Godfrey membership as not only an outstanding > bargain, but as a means of supporting a non-profit, > member-oriented organization. While the second statement remains > unchanged, I can no longer speak to the first vis a vis the > Godfrey. Their web page indicates that they still offer the > "Early American Newspapers" (Readex) collection, which is > extremely useful, but without the census access and substantial > book collection offered through HQ, the value strikes me as > severely diminished. > > The Godfrey's announcement does state, > > >Heritage Quest is available from many of the state and local > public libraries at no cost. Quoting a recent comment from one > of the Heritage Quest officials, "...we have over 2600 > subscribing libraries with every state having several, if not > all, public libraries having access.."< > > My local public library in Littleton, NH (population 5,600) does > not offer HeritageQuest access, or anything similar. Perhaps > those of you who live in urban areas with large, well-funded > libraries will have better luck locally. For the moment, I've > fired off email inquiries to the New Hampshire Historical Society > and the New Hampshire State Library, hoping to find a replacement > portal and to keep my support dollars in-state. > > I felt it important to update our readers and to qualify my past > endorsements of Godfrey membership with this important and > unfortunate news. > > http://www.godfrey.org/ > > Chris > > Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: > ============================================ > BROOKS-NE-L (Brooks Families of New England) > at RootsWeb.com > ============================================ > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > Is the subject line current? Is it relevant > to your question? >