FYI - Worth checking out. Mary Ann > >From Dick Eastman's current online genealogy newsletter: > > > - LDS FamilySearch.org To Add 240 Million New Names > >There hasn't been any official announcement, but two Salt Lake >City newspapers report that the Mormon's popular online Web site >will add a lot more records to their online database on Monday. >The addition of 240 million new names will mean that a total of >640 million records will now be available at >http://www.familysearch.org. > >In addition, FamilySearch plans early next year to index the new >Pedigree Resource File (PRF), a database of family history records >being uploaded to the site by users. Only the index is expected to >be online. The files containing PRF data will be available on a >set of CD-ROM disks. The PRF, already listing more than 5 million >names, is projected to grow at the rate of 1.2 million names per >month. > >Full details are available at: >http://www.sltrib.com/1999/nov/11161999/utah/47672.htm and at >http://www.desnews.com/cgi-bin/libstory_reg?dn99&9911150026 - ------------------------------------------------------ Mary Ann Kaylor Morgan County ILGenWeb Coordinator & Mail List Owner http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/morgan.htm Sangamon County ILGenWeb Coordinator & Mail List Owner http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/sangamon.htm Menard County ILGenWeb Mail List Owner