Well I am in on the NEHGS site (free for the 2 days)and I am not at all happy. Seems like I just get where I want to be and the server of the NEHGS takes a crap and says The page cannot be displayed. :-( So all in all I haven't found anything of use yet. Does this site always do this for even the people that pay, cause if it does it sure wouldn't be worth my money and time. It just bothers me when things don't work right. Hummmmmm!! Sorry to vent but I have been fighting this sight for 5 hours now and I give up! Joyce On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:56:35 -0500 Christopher Brooks <trib@tributaries.us> writes: > Reprinted from today's NEHGS e-newsletter. > > ============================ > > Free Non-Member Access to the Register Online March 20-22 > > As a way to introduce potential members to the wealth of > information available to members, NEHGS is pleased to offer free > access to one of the thousands of databases on > NewEnglandAncestors.org, The New England Historical and > Genealogical Register. Normally available only to NEHGS members, > the Register database will be accessible to all from Monday, > March 20 through Wednesday, March 22, 2006. > > Published quarterly since 1847, the Register is the flagship > journal of American genealogy and the oldest journal in the > field. The database includes issues from 1847 to 1994. For more > information visit > www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/register/reg_info.a > sp. > > Non-members will be asked to provide contact information, which > will not be shared, but will be used to send information about > membership to visitors. Visitors will be taken automatically to > the Register database after submitting their information. > > PLEASE NOTE: Only the extensive Register database will be open > for public use. The remainder of the databases continue to be > accessible to members only. > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > To send a message to all subscribers, use > the address BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Southern Heart Ranch www.southernheartranch.com

Joyce, I expect you are one of thousands of people trying to access the site during the freebie period. What I do in cases like these is to think about time zones, and then try to log on when there will be the least traffic. Sometimes for me that means an all-nighter, or getting up in the a.m. while it's still dark. I guess it depends on how much you want to view the data. You're also paying the price for a dialup internet connection. The folks who shell out each month for a broadband connection (which I realize is not available in many areas) are least likely to get dropped by the server during high traffic, becuase they can respond faster. Usually drops are triggered by inaction, or by long download and access times during which the server may decide you've died and gone to heaven. Personally, I try to avoid using vulgarities in public or print because they can/will offend others with different sensibilities from my own. Hope you will do the same in future when posting. Thanks, Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ============================================ BROOKS-NE-L (Brooks Families of New England) at RootsWeb.com ============================================