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    1. [IT ROOTS] Fw: SPECIAL EDITION: Free Access
    2. John C. King
    3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ancestry WeeklyDigest" <[email protected]> To: "Ancestry WeeklyDigest" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:36 PM Subject: SPECIAL EDITION: Free Access > Ancestry Weekly Digest--Special Edition > http://www.ancestry.com/DailyNews > Brought to you by the publishers of > "The Source" and "Ancestry" Magazine > http://www.ancestry.com > ========================================================== > Please do not reply to this message. > For contact information, please see the bottom of the message. > ========================================================== > 8 December 2000 > > SPECIAL EDITION > > -- Free Access to All Ancestry.com Subscriber Databases > through December 21 > > ============================================================ > FREE ACCESS TO ALL ANCESTRY.COM SUBSCRIBER DATABASES > ============================================================ > Here's the opportunity you've been waiting for! 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A year's > access to these images will only cost current Ancestry.com members an > additional $39.95, as opposed to competitive offerings that in recent > interviews quoted impending subscription costs at as much as $99! > > In other words, for $99.90 ($59.95 regular subscription + $39.95 > Images Online subscription)--which is the price competitors are > charging for census only--Ancestry.com members will get access to the > census Images Online in better form, plus access to all of > Ancestry.com's other offerings. These offerings include such landmark > databases as the "PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)," the Biography and > Genealogical Master Index (BGMI), the American Genealogical- > Biographical Index (AGBI), the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project, > the Civil War Research Database, and Slave Narratives, just to name a > few. > > But that's not all. 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