Mr. Lomax, Thank you for this Update. :) Presently, I am using our local library because our pc is dead. I do hope they will carry on the same tradition. Shannah TWISS overthepond648@gmail.com Canada On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:00 AM, <nybrooklyn-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [NYQUEENS] Changes to HeritageQuest Coming This Month > (mizscarlettny@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 17:56:09 -0500 > From: mizscarlettny@aol.com > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] [NYQUEENS] Changes to HeritageQuest Coming This > Month > To: nyqueens@rootsweb.com, nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com, > NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <14bdcb42801-6d21-155c9@webprd-m34.mail.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Thanks for the HQ update , Mark. > > Ancestry's running this show too? Hmmmmmm > > Barb > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Lomax via nyqueens@rootsweb.com > > > > For those who access HeritageQuest census and other records on site and > remotely > through a public library, the following announcement will be > of > interest: > > Coming March 4, 2015 > HeritageQuest? Online, powered by > Ancestry > > Overview > > Coming March 4, 2015, HeritageQuest Online (HQO) will be > materially > improved and enhanced with a much richer content set and a more > powerful, > intuitive interface. > > Complete 1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census with > images and every-name indexes > for all years > > Additional census records such as > Mortality and Non-Population Schedules, > Indian Census Rolls, and more > > Expanded > collection of genealogy and local history books and city > directories with an > all-new user interface, thumbnail images and hit > highlighting > > Complete > Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land record collection > (NARA > M804) > > Freedman?s Bank Records with full-page register view > Periodical > Source Index Archive (PERSI), 1800-2009 > U.S. Serial Set Memorials, Petitions and > Private Relief Actions > All-new research aids > Interactive census maps > And > more > > The product will have a more modern look and feel that will make it > easier > to use and help streamline the research process for genealogists. > > This > announcement raises many questions, such as whether public libraries > will still > provide free remote access to the new HeritageQuest to library > patrons. (I live > in Southern California and currently receive free access > to HeritageQuest from > home through the L.A. City Public Library, the L.A. > County Public Library, and > the Pasadena Public Library, since I hold a > library card for each of those > libraries.) > > Mark Lomax > Pasadena, CA > > ------------------------------- > To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYQUEENS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NYBROOKLYN list administrator, send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NYBROOKLYN mailing list, send an email to > NYBROOKLYN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NYBROOKLYN Digest, Vol 10, Issue 36 > ****************************************** >