This came through on another mailing list and thought I'd send it on. I just yesterday wrote the Cols Lib to ask about this and they said that the collection is actually being moved on the 23 and 24 and they HOPE to have it ready on the 25th. The library currently has Heritage Quest and I'm hoping that they will add Ancestry as the State Lib did some years ago. (although they do have it as a in library useage only) After many years, GENEALOGY SERVICES AT THE STATE LIBRARY OF OHIO ARE ENDING COMPLETELY as of April 19, 2007. The entire genealogy collection is being moved to the main location of the Columbus Metropolitan Library at 96 S. Grant Ave. on the east side of downtown Columbus (near Grant Hospital). The collection will be available for use there BEGINNING APRIL 25. They will provide in-the-library access to the same online genealogy services. Some advantages of the new location are: Extended Hours -- the new >>location is a public library that includes evening and weekend hours; Larger Staff -- the new location has over three times the number of >>staff working in the Genealogy area; a Larger Budget to add material to the collection. Beginning April 25, 2007, here is the contact information for Genealogy services: Also if you don't know this..... If you reside in the state of Ohio and have an Ohio Mailing address , you can receive a library card from the Columbus Metorpolitan Library... all you need to do is go to the website... www.columbuslibrary.org and on that page there is a place to apply for a library card. It takes about a week to get one... and then you can use Heritage Quest.. and ALL of the other electronic reference material that they offer. HOPE this helps someone.. I spent about 3 hours last night on Heritage Quest doing some book look ups for the family I am working on.. great stuff can be printed out or downloaded in a pdf... thanks for tax dollars working...LOL Ellen --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.