> > Heritage Quest Online is only a subscriber service for > > 'professional' institutions, such as libraries (free for you if you > > find a library with it). It may also be accessible from your home > > computer by signing on with your library card through your library > > website, if your library has it set up for remote access. Check with > > your library and work on them to get it. They haven't finished > > indexing the 1920 or 1930 census, but I've encountered far fewer > > mistakes in Heritage Quest than in the other two, and it offers all > > the census images. It also has over 25,000 family and local history > > books available online. > > > > genmail@1st.net > > A good summary of the indexing approach for Heritage Quest (summary > deleted). Two additional points: > > 1. If your library does not have access to ProQuest / Heritage > Quest, you can gain access to it (both the census images and the > book images) by joining the New York Genealogical and Biographical > Society ($60 a year). > > 2. The Heritage Quest indexes do not have fewer errors than > Genealogy.com - the indexes at Genealogy.com ARE the Heritage Quest > indexes. <g> > > "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com> I find that Godfrey Library in Connecticut is cheaper at $35 a year for Proquest. Pretty good bargain. Of course after I got my subscription to there I found out my local library had just subscribed. Oh well Roxanne Koelpin "Roxanne Koelpin" <r.koelpin@verizon.net>