Wondering whether large public libraries be similarly affected? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Ancestry databases at the FHL's > For those of you that use the free database access at the FHL's, you > will > be unhappy to learn that most will soon be discontinued. What follows is > a > partial quote from a posting at [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) .net > > "I heard word today that Ancestry.com is discontinuing free access to > the Ancestry.com Databases to all Family History Libraries worldwide > as of April 1, 2007. After much disbelief and many e-mails, it is > true as our local FHL director just received an e-mail message > concerning this." > > "Free access through Ancestry.com to a few databases will continue - > at this time. Complete information can be found on Everton's > Genealogical NewsLine at: <http://genealogyblog.com/date/2007/03/16/>" > > Reasons and comments from Ancestry to the above announced discontinuance > can > be read at Everton Publishers blogsite at; > > _http://genealogyblog.com/ancestrycom/another-side-of-the-ancestrycom-removal- > from-the-family-history-centers-5877_ > (http://genealogyblog.com/ancestrycom/another-side-of-the-ancestrycom-removal-from-the-family-history-centers-5877) > > Donald > Portland Oregon > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > 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