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

Guy, There was a recent article in the Dallas Morning News about that. Maybe you saw it. It seemed to indicate that some libraries were raising funds to pay for the continuation of Heritage Quest on TexShare. I don't know if Irving would do it. I believe I read that the Dallas Library was maybe through the Genealogical Society. I get mine through Grapevine. I will have to check to see what they are doing. Garland Edgell Colleyville, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: RE: [ILLOGAN] Fw: [MSPONTOT] Listowner Post - Re: Ancestry World Tree Access > 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] >