I believe they're going to do the same thing with the PA databases from the PA society, requiring membership for access. Like other genealogical societies, it may be a matter of needing the money to stay afloat? A member of the NEGHS passes along the print journals to me when he's done with them, and I subscribe to the free public online weekly email from them. I'm eligible, as I have mid-17th c. New England ancestors, but just one family. It hasn't seemed worth the money to join, interesting as the articles in New England Ancestors in particular often are. So far, while I've learned much in general, not one article has been about my family. But I have many Dutch ancestors and would really like access to NNC. I agree, requiring membership isn't public access. Even Ancestry is free if you go to your public library, though what they have is superficial compared to NNC. Doris ---------- Original Message ---------- From: E Johnson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] NNC Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:02:20 -0400 As a free contributor (author/co-author) to the NNC, when this deal went down I signed an agreement with NEHGS, granting them permission to republish my work. I had understood at the time, that NEHGS would allow public access to the NNC section of their databese. I signed only after being reassured that the NNC would be made available to the public. I would not otherwise have granted permission... and the NEHGS would have had to "blank out" my articles. Now the NNC section of the NEHGS database has been made private: members-only, accessible only after payment of dues to the NEHGS. Members-only is not "public access." Why did the attitude of NEHGS change? Liz J On 4 June 2011 11:11, Dorothy Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Holly and All, First of all, it is just grand to see this > Dutch-Colonies list wake up from its recent deep coma :-)! It gives > me joy to know that the trusty regulars are all out there as their > familiar names pop up in my inbox. > > Note that "In January 2008 I freely granted "exclusive permission to > allow NEHGS to electronically publish New Netherland Connections on > the NEHGS website..." > > If anyone wants to propose to the Society that they make a CD > available, the appropriate person to contact at the New England > Historic Genealogical Society is Thomas Wilcox, Chief Operating > Officer, NEHGS. > > Tom's email address is [email protected] > > Dorothy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4debd09bebd143043best01vuc