1998 GENQUEST GENEALOGY SURVEY <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> ======================================================= For the past two years GenQuest, Inc. has conducted a survey of Genealogists using the Internet and as 1998 comes to a close they are inviting you to take part in this years. The goal is to conduct the same exact survey three years in a row with the same questions in order to have a reliable set of data. The results of this survey will be made publicly available to anyone, organization or Web site that requests it. The survey is available at: http://www.genquest.com/survey.html Two questions may arise in the minds of those who read this request: 1). Since spamming (receiving unsolicited E-mail) is a serious problem, is this some way of getting my E-mail address? The answer is NO. No where in the survey is your E-mail address or identity asked for. After you fill it out and submit it you get a thank you message. The header of a recent submission is quoted below so that you may seen the information is received: "Subject: GenQuest: Survey Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:01:01 -0500 From: "Genquest Web Site" <info@burbnet.com> To: nobody@burbnet.com" 2). Why does such a survey need to be conducted? According to the December 1995 AmeriPoll survey, almost half of America is involved in genealogy research to some degree, and I suspect that the statistics are close to the same in Canada and Western Europe. With so many people doing genealogy, there should be reliable data that any person, genealogical society/organization, software maker, or entity, which provides support to our research efforts. Currently there is no body of information. If you have any other questions or concerns feel free to E-mail me. Sincerely, Ron Maloney GenQuest, Inc. rmaloney@genquest.com