One added bit of my worthless two cents worth - I liked being able to see 'snippets' of some of the articles - which I certainly checked carefully before I paid the yearly subscription. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Havnar" <jchavnar@sbcglobal.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Genealogy Bank Jeanne, I have belonged to GenealogyBank since almost the beginning. I am an Asst Genealogist in a family name Genealogical Society, I do monitor the current posted obits for folks dying with "THE" surname. I do also monitor legacy.com - GenealogyBank does have a different assortment of current obits from those posted at legacy, or thru Obituary Daily Times. Personally, I have huge family in San Jose. GenealogyBank has the paper for the early part of last century. I have read much of the pre-scandal from my great-grandfather, and was able to share with the rest of the family the ramp-up to the divorce. I find the service good enough that I have renewed at least once, if not twice. But, you can plug in your names of interest, see how many hits you get and based on that see if it seems worth while to you. Hope this helps all the folks assessing if this service seems to be useful to them or not... -----Original Message----- From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeanne Moody Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:30 AM To: norcal@rootsweb.com Subject: [NORCAL] Genealogy Bank Does anyone use Genealogy Bank? Can you tell me the good and the bad (if any)? THanks, Jeanne ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2649 - Release Date: 01/27/10 13:08:00

Notice that you can quickly check the snippets - by clicking on the "Historical Newspapers" section and THEN doing your search. That brings up the snippets with no pitch to sign-up first. This lets you see the actual results on the page - confirming GenBank has your people before signing up. Tom On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Margie Hinton <marhinton@earthlink.net> wrote: > One added bit of my worthless two cents worth  - I liked being able to see > 'snippets' of some of the articles - which I certainly checked carefully > before I paid the yearly subscription. > > Margie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Havnar" <jchavnar@sbcglobal.net> > To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:05 PM > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Genealogy Bank > > > Jeanne, > > I have belonged to GenealogyBank since almost the beginning. > > I am an Asst Genealogist in a family name Genealogical Society, I do monitor > the current posted obits for folks dying with "THE" surname.  I do also > monitor legacy.com - GenealogyBank does have a different assortment of > current obits from those posted at legacy, or thru Obituary Daily Times. > > Personally, I have huge family in San Jose.  GenealogyBank has the paper for > the early part of last century.  I have read much of the pre-scandal from my > great-grandfather, and was able to share with the rest of the family the > ramp-up to the divorce. > > I find the service good enough that I have renewed at least once, if not > twice. > > But, you can plug in your names of interest, see how many hits you get and > based on that see if it seems worth while to you. > > Hope this helps all the folks assessing if this service seems to be useful > to them or not... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Jeanne Moody > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:30 AM > To: norcal@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NORCAL] Genealogy Bank > > Does anyone use Genealogy Bank? Can you tell me the good and the bad (if > any)? > > THanks, > Jeanne > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2649 - Release Date: 01/27/10 > 13:08:00 > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Margie, Thank you for responding. I'll give it a try. Thanks again, Jeanne On Jan 27, 2010, at 8:11 PM, Margie Hinton wrote: > One added bit of my worthless two cents worth - I liked being able to see > 'snippets' of some of the articles - which I certainly checked carefully > before I paid the yearly subscription. > > Margie > >