I'm sorry that I didn't make sense to you, Ursula. In using the local Family History Center, it was never mentioned to me that they had access to ancestry.com. From the OP's message, it sounded like a new service was being offered and I was curious. Likewise, I didn't know that there was a "FHC version" separate from the private pay subscriptions and the public library versions. It was always my belief that the main library in Salt Lake City was called the "Family History Library" and the local units, housed in Church branches all over the world, are called "Family History Centers". At least my local one is. And no, as this list has discussed before, FHL doesn't = Ancestry. They are two entirely separate entities. FHL is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Ancestry.com is a publicly traded international corporation. The BYU grads who started the company may have been Mormons (I don't know, but it wouldn't surprize me), but the Church was never an owner nor operator of a.c. Likewise, the two entities don't have identical holdings any more than a.c is a mirror site for NARA. (BTW: the Church's holdings are so vast that the data may never all come online - I've read where it would require server capacity beyond what's currently available.) You are indeed fortunate if your library has a full-access version available to you, mine does not. Mine has what they call a "library version" that has limited access. Many portions of the site are not available. Some collections are closed. You can't access any trees or e-mail members with questions. PERSI isn't available. Data from other countries isn't available. Suggestions for corrections can't be submitted. So, most public library users are limited in what they can do even if their library subscribes to a.c Yours, Julia --- On Sat, 3/19/11, Ursula B Adamson <ubatrans@comcast.net> wrote: ...nor Julia's subsequent question makes any sense... ...FHC is an arm of the FHC in Salt Lake City... ...they have always been connected online... ...question whether "they"...use the "library" version or a "full" version is a moot point. They ARE Ancestry... ...confusing the "local public library version" with the "FHC version"... ...Public Libraries have an agreement with Ancestry that allows its patrons the same access...an individual would have by subscription. Ursula