I have to check on how to get them. Will let y'all know when I find out. I am pretty sure there will be no joining involved. Carol At 10:20 AM 2/15/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Carol-- >I agree. But I don't know about joining the Heritage Quest, or how to >obtain the CDs. Sounds like the IOWight CD is ready now. Could you direct >me on how to obtain this one? >Thanks >Josh Stanton >-----Original Message----- >From: psmartoc <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 6:57 AM >Subject: [NCWILSON-L] Census news > > >>I got my latest edition of the Heritage Quest Bulletin yesterday and want >>to >> share their news with those who are not members. This is the old AGLL >> company (the microfilm lending library). >> This company is in the process of digitizing ALL of the original >> National Archives silver master microfilms of EACH and EVERY CENSUS >> microfilm. In some cases they are enhancing by increasing or decreasing >> brightness to make them more readable. These will be issued in CDs as >they >> are ready, along with a couple of pieces of software to enable browsing >and >> other things. You can read these on your own computer and retrieve items >> and paste them into your own documents. >> They claim to have completed 1790, 1900, 1910 and 1920. They project >> completion of all census by Sept. 1999. They also project a price of >19.95 >> ea... retail, 12.95 for members. Each CD will be the equivalent of an >> individual role of microfilm and have the original NARA numbers. >> This has blown my mind. If they sell them in the quantities I would >> expect, then the military records and pensions files will surely follow. >> Cooperatives to swap will spring up on the internet, along with a >secondary >> resale market. The next millenium WILL bring a whole new world. >> >> IN ADDITION ---- They advertised the Ultimate Family CDs, which >> included Isle of Wight Wills, 1647-1800--- containing approx.. 30,915 >> abstracts of wills. They do not reference the source of these. This >> sounds, off hand, like a great many more than are in Boddie's book. That >> book has been my only resource so far. This CD is 29.95. >>Carol P. Martoccia >>903 East Fifth Street >>Greenville, NC 27858 >>Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 >>Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> > > > > Carol P. Martoccia 903 East Fifth Street Greenville, NC 27858 Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl