----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Fortune" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:53 PM Subject: [HAM] More Free Sites > > What will you do with that $400 if you don't spend it on Ancestry? > Pay the electric bill, or go to Starbucks a few times? > Of course, I'm presuming that there is a "$400." > As I continue to search for the end of the internet, I am amazed at what > is available for free. We humans tend to think that free things are worth > just about what we paid for them, but I think we should reconsider. > On a Kansas genealogical web site, I found a full-page, trascribed > biography (from a book published in 1919) of my grandfather who died in > 1951. Extremely accurate, detailed, and provided more info than even my > older cousins remembered. > This was worth all the 'unproductive' hours I've spent on the net. > > I've also found third cousins, a fourth cousin, and my mother's dear first > cousin whom I remember from my childhood. He has photos I've never seen. > > Ancestry.com: $400. per year > Relatives: Priceless > > The hours are never wasted. You're just eliminating searches! >>From the Indian State Library site, under "Databases:" > Alphabetical Listing: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Ancestry Library: Online subscription available for use within the > Indiana State Library, allowing access to hundreds of databases including > indexes and images to US Federal Census records. > > FirstSearch: Online subscription available for use within the Indiana > State Library, allowing access to a number of databases and a > comprehensive catalog of libraries in the United States. > > HeritageQuest: Online subscription available for use within the Indiana > State Library, allowing access to hundreds of full-text books and other > sources. > > Mergent Online: Online subscription available for use within the Indiana > State Library; covers more than 10,000 US public companies and their SEC > filings, annual reports, and financial statements. > > New England Ancestors.org: Online subscription New England Historic > Genealogical Society databases > > Reference USA Online subscription Business Database of 12 million U.S. > Businesses > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Heraldry File: Card file index to illustrations of coats of arms found in > various sources in the Genealogy Division; alphabetically arranged by > name; gives call number of the book and a brief title citation. In the > Genealogy Division, first floor. > > > ==== HAMILTON Mailing List ==== > Looking for a USA location? > Try http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 1/14/2006 > >