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