The following article below is of interest to many "newbie's" and "oldies" of the Internet, at this site. It is forwarded for those who have recently subscribed to this great site in Kentucky. The information may help many learn about their ancestor(s). People must understand that commercial CD's for sale by another company of FTM files are not always true fact, as submitted by certain family members. About 75% of those CD's contain errors of descents and ancestors. The same holds true for Computer entries at the LDS. Therefore, spend your money wisely. John in CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ 1870 CENSUS CDs. Heritage Quest publishes the acclaimed Family Quest Archives, and if you are searching for your American ancestors in the restless period of great migration after the Civil War, the 1870 census is usually critical to your success in finding them. Using the Family Quest Archives 1870 Indexes, you can specify surname, given name, age, sex, race, birthplace, county, and locality. This allows you to narrow your search possibilities and provides faster search results. This new software is flexible. It gives you the option to include specific age ranges or perform a wildcard search to include all spelling variations of a name. Once you complete a search you can sort the data in ascending or descending order, copy a record to the Windows Clipboard, print the findings or make a text file of the results of your search. Currently the following nine 1870 census indexes are available from Heritage Quest, P.O. Box 329, Bountiful, UT 84011-0329; 1-800-760-2455; <http://www.heritagequest.com/> o Illinois (ACD-0013), $39.95 o Ohio (ACD-0014), $39.95 o Virginia and West Virginia (ACD-0015), $29.95 o Maryland and DC (ACD-0016), $29.95 o Georgia (ACD-0021), $29.95 o Pennsylvania (ACD-0028), $39.95 o North and South Carolina (ACD-0029), $39.95 o Delaware and New Jersey (ACD-0033), $29.95 o Tennessee (ACD-0034), $29.95 These prices include postage and handling. The entire series of 1870 census indexes will be available by the end of the year, according to a Heritage Quest spokesperson. * * * * * PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) a copy of this notice appears at the end of the article: Written by <author's name, e-mail address, and URL, if given>. Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists, Vol. 4, No. 18, 30 April 1999. Please visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG ===========================================================