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 >