Also Ancestry doesn't mind us doing look ups! You can't ask for it if you don't know it exists <G> Add to that you can now subscribe for a month and not have to renew but you must remember to cancel and for 39- or so you can grab a lot of records in a Month Eliz. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Sandra Ferguson <ferg@ntelos.net> wrote: > Many libraries have ancestry, and I think some of the LDS family history centers also offer it. Plus, it's nice for those who do have it to be appraised of changes in their options. I hadn't heard about it and always appreciate folks passing along any changes that might be to someone's advantage. It's another way of sharing with everyone. > Sandra > > > > Sent from Sandra's iPod ???? > > On Jan 25, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Debra Cloud-Leight <dfcloud@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Digitizing? Fantastic! Ancestry.com? not so fantastic. I was a paid member >> about 7 years ago and it was expensive then. I believe for total accessive >> we paid like 200 and some dollars. Over the last 7 years I can't imagine >> them lowering their price and I would assume, like everyone else, they've >> raised their prices. I'm fairly sure my husband and I are fairly average >> financially, and with me being disabled, he's been working 7 days a week >> just to make ends meet. So a membership to Ancestry is out of the question. >> So what good does this do people like us? >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Rejoice <G> may we live long enough to see it! (end of 2013 they say) >>> Death Certificate Digitization >>> >>> >>> http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/access_archives_newsletter/20578/volume_13,_winter_2013/1366902 >>> >>> A typical death certificate, rich with genealogical information, >>> including name and birthplace of parents; place, date, cause, and time >>> of death; as well as other useful tidbits. >>> A typical death certificate, rich with genealogical information, >>> including name and birthplace of parents; place, date, cause, and time >>> of death; as well as other useful tidbits. >>> The Pennsylvania State Archives began a new phase of its ongoing >>> partnership with Ancestry.com to digitize and index historically >>> valuable documents from its collections. This began in mid-September >>> with the pick-up and transport of several cartons of death >>> certificates to Ancestry’s facility in Silver Spring, Md. It takes >>> Ancestry approximately three weeks to complete work on fifty cartons >>> of death certificates, so when a group of records returns from Silver >>> Spring the next group of cartons is ready for transport. While in >>> their custody, the records are scanned by trained professionals and an >>> every name index for the entire series of records will be created. >>> >>> The collection consists of over 6.5 million death certificates that >>> were originally maintained by the Department of Health’s Division of >>> Vital Records and contain vital information on deaths that were >>> registered in Pennsylvania from 1906-1962. Data in the certificates >>> includes file number, county, city, address, ward, full name of >>> deceased, sex, color, marital status, date of birth, age, occupation, >>> birthplace, name and birthplace of mother and father, and informant's >>> signature and address. Medical data provided is the date of death, >>> length of attendance and last visit of physician, cause of death, >>> duration of illness, contributory factors, and name and address of >>> physician. Additional data sometimes includes length of residence if >>> in a hospital or institution, where disease was contracted, residence, >>> and where buried. An undertaker's name and address are usually >>> provided. Death certificates from more recent years add citizenship; >>> social security number; whether death was by suicide, homicide, or >>> accident; place of injury; date of operation and findings; and if >>> decedent served in the U.S. Armed Forces. >>> >>> A boon for genealogists, it is anticipated that the records and >>> indices will be available for the public and in the Archives Search >>> Room through the Ancestry website by the end of calendar year 2013. >>> If you have any questions on the progress of the project, you may >>> contact David W. Shoff, Chief of the State Archives Division at >>> 717-783-5796. >>> >>> -- >>> Eliz >>> Not Today and Not without a Fight >>> (unknown to me) >>> >>> For all that has been, thanks. >>> For all that will be, yes. >>> (Dag Hammarskjold) >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Debbi >> >> May the Wind sing to you and the Sun rise in your heart. >> >> Check out my new website .. >> http://www.mamawolfcreations.com >> >> OR Check my booth at Bonanzle... >> http://www.bonanza.com/booths/Mamawolf >> http://mamawolfsfantasyartdolls.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (unknown to me) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold)