Re: access to Minisink history books and CDs on-line via paid subscriptions Ancestry.com vs. Heritage Quest Ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com I do not have access to Heritage Quest, so I do not know if they offer access to history books, published family histories, or CDs. Do they? If so, what is the annual cost... and how does it compare to Ancestry.com? The cost to subscribe to Ancestry.com's history and family history section is $79.95/year. It is also offered by the quarter if you want it for only 3 months. Ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com I checked out the books and CD's accessible by a subscription to ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com library section. It seems ancestry.com offers more references for Minisink research than genealogy.com does. Comparing titles of books and CDs, the lists are not the same, so you might find specific titles available only on genealogy.com, which might make it very worthwhile. My primary question to the list is ... how does Heritage Quest compare to Ancestry.com ?? as I have no access to Heritage Quest to compare them. Helen Graves in a quandry over subscribing to Ancestry.com for $79.95 or to Heritage Quest via a $35 library card
In response to Helen's question, I searched for Minisink on Heritage Quest and got 240 hits. They include histories, genealogies and some church histories. I haven't explored the hits at this point since it has been less than a week since I discovered I could access Heritage Quest Online from home. I live in Delaware and we have a county library system. A library card is free if you are a resident and with your card and a pin number the library gives you, you can access Heritage Quest by going through your local library. Besides books there are some Revolutionary War Records and Census Records, although they don't have as many indexed as Ancestry.com. They also have the PERSI index (not the actual articles) of genealogy and local history articles. I am amazed at what I have found in only five days! -----Original Message----- From: Helen Graves [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Ancestry vs. Heritage Quest, vs. Genealogy.com libraries on line Re: access to Minisink history books and CDs on-line via paid subscriptions Ancestry.com vs. Heritage Quest Ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com I do not have access to Heritage Quest, so I do not know if they offer access to history books, published family histories, or CDs. Do they? If so, what is the annual cost... and how does it compare to Ancestry.com? The cost to subscribe to Ancestry.com's history and family history section is $79.95/year. It is also offered by the quarter if you want it for only 3 months. Ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com I checked out the books and CD's accessible by a subscription to ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com library section. It seems ancestry.com offers more references for Minisink research than genealogy.com does. Comparing titles of books and CDs, the lists are not the same, so you might find specific titles available only on genealogy.com, which might make it very worthwhile. My primary question to the list is ... how does Heritage Quest compare to Ancestry.com ?? as I have no access to Heritage Quest to compare them. Helen Graves in a quandry over subscribing to Ancestry.com for $79.95 or to Heritage Quest via a $35 library card
*I mostly used HeritageQuest to access census images that originally were not* *indexed on Ancestry...However, Ancestry has pretty much indexed all census images now. I know HeritageQuest does have other services including some histories....i do not utilize them often...but later i can check to see what they have on the Minisink area.* *Also a note to anyone with a Sussex County Library Card.....you can access HeritageQuest via the Sussex County Library site www.sussexcountylibrary.org <http://www.sussexcountylibrary.org> and click on databases. Even if you live outside of Sussex County, or in Sparta Twp. (which for some reason is not part of the county library) you can still get an SCL card for a fee of 25.00 a year which gives you the same access to the Main Library and branches as if you were a resident. And judging by the extreme costs of ancestry.com subscriptions 25 bucks a year isnt all that bad if it gives you access to HeritageQuest.* *Jim Booth Highland Mills, Orange County, NY* Helen Graves wrote: >Re: access to Minisink history books and CDs on-line via paid subscriptions > >Ancestry.com vs. Heritage Quest >Ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com > >I do not have access to Heritage Quest, so I do not know if they offer access to history books, published family histories, or CDs. Do they? If so, what is the annual cost... and how does it compare to Ancestry.com? > >The cost to subscribe to Ancestry.com's history and family history section is $79.95/year. It is also offered by the quarter if you want it for only 3 months. > >Ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com > >I checked out the books and CD's accessible by a subscription to ancestry.com vs. genealogy.com library section. It seems ancestry.com offers more references for Minisink research than genealogy.com does. Comparing titles of books and CDs, the lists are not the same, so you might find specific titles available only on genealogy.com, which might make it very worthwhile. > >My primary question to the list is ... how does Heritage Quest compare to Ancestry.com ?? as I have no access to Heritage Quest to compare them. > >Helen Graves >in a quandry over subscribing to >Ancestry.com for $79.95 or to Heritage Quest via a $35 library card > > > >