Our library also uses this service. I have enjoyed using it but also don't know if it will continue. We may have to chose between Ancestory or Heritage Quest. I don't know what the annual fee is but some of us may go together and make a donation to keep it to try and keep it. --- [email protected] wrote: > Carroll wrote: > > > > I can access the census through my library for > free online with Heritage > > Quest. They have that deal with public libraries > throughout the country > > check into it. I just log on to my library's > website go under genealogy and > > use my library card and number to get onto > Heritage quest which is a pay > > service most of the time except through libraries. > > > There is a bit more to it than that. Here in Texas, > municipal libraries get their funding for the > Heritage Quest subscription through a grant from the > state legislature. Well, like all other states, we > have a severe budget crunch, so the legislature has > cut the Heritage Quest funding -- effective 1 July, > I will no longer be able to access the Heritage > Quest data bases through my local library website. > Be alert -- if it can happen here, it can happen in > your state too! > > Guy I. Colby IV > Irving, TX > > > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are > in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving > messages in the digest mode, send to > [email protected] > ===== Joan Black Lund [email protected] N9SYV