I hadn't heard yet about the FHC ending access to Ancestry, but here in Maryland, our local library branches in Carroll County all have their membership to HeritageQuest available to all library users, so that might be a good option for some to check out when researching from a distance. The HeritageQuest program here is available even at home for library users and if you're at the library itself, you can also use Ancestry through the library's computers. A lot of local county libraries are excellent resources for genealogy, so they may be a big help for long distance research. -Mary Chester County Genealogy http://chestercountygenealogy.com At 01:01 PM 3/19/2007, Jeff Palmer wrote: > >In addition, the family history center probably has a subscription to > Ancestry.com that you can access on their computers. fyi... According to > Eastman's On-line Genealogical Newsletter, free access to Ancestry.com at > LDS centers is ending. One subscriber reported that the actual end date > of the current arrangement is the end of this month. Jeff Palmer - > jap@highstream.net * * * Quote of the Week: "It is seldom that liberty > of any kind is lost all at once." -- David Hume -----Original > Message----- From: pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of dferm@bainbridge.net > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:54 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: > Re: [PACHESTE] hard-to-find Thomas Hi Carol, Living in Washington > State, I, found I have had to look beyond books to research my Chester > County family. Looking for other sources will also help you do better > genealogy, because books are secondary or tertiary sources, several times > removed from the actual event, and therefore more likely to have > errors. I would suggest another approach: 1) Find a Church of Latter > Day Saints Family History Center near you. You can locate one by going > to their URL FamilySearch.org They welcome visits by non-church members, > and you can order microfilms of all kinds of information from their > library at Salt Lake. The films cost $6, take 2 to 3 weeks to arrive, and > you have 6 weeks to read them at the family history center. This would > give you access to deeds and probate records, which are very helpful in > PA as well as a lot of other kinds of records such as tax lists. In > addition, the family history center probably has a subscription to > Ancestry.com that you can access on their computers. Good luck, Mary -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.14/727 - Release Date: > 3/19/2007 11:49 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from > the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message
....I hadn't heard yet about the FHC ending access to Ancestry The Family History Centers DID NOT END the access to Ancestry.com Ancestry.com has been sold, and has notified the FHC's they are no long going to offer it to the centers as of 1 April - Let's hope they change their minds - It would help if all of us would write to Ancestry.com and thank them for the use we have had in the past - Wilma in Brookings, Oregon -----Original Message----- From: pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mary McIndoe Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:47 AM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] hard-to-find Thomas , but here in Maryland, our local library branches in Carroll County all have their membership to HeritageQuest available to all library users, so that might be a good option for some to check out when researching from a distance. The HeritageQuest program here is available even at home for library users and if you're at the library itself, you can also use Ancestry through the library's computers. A lot of local county libraries are excellent resources for genealogy, so they may be a big help for long distance research. -Mary Chester County Genealogy http://chestercountygenealogy.com At 01:01 PM 3/19/2007, Jeff Palmer wrote: > >In addition, the family history center probably has a subscription to > Ancestry.com that you can access on their computers. fyi... According to > Eastman's On-line Genealogical Newsletter, free access to Ancestry.com at > LDS centers is ending. One subscriber reported that the actual end date > of the current arrangement is the end of this month. Jeff Palmer - > jap@highstream.net * * * Quote of the Week: "It is seldom that liberty > of any kind is lost all at once." -- David Hume -----Original > Message----- From: pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of dferm@bainbridge.net > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:54 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: > Re: [PACHESTE] hard-to-find Thomas Hi Carol, Living in Washington > State, I, found I have had to look beyond books to research my Chester > County family. Looking for other sources will also help you do better > genealogy, because books are secondary or tertiary sources, several times > removed from the actual event, and therefore more likely to have > errors. I would suggest another approach: 1) Find a Church of Latter > Day Saints Family History Center near you. You can locate one by going > to their URL FamilySearch.org They welcome visits by non-church members, > and you can order microfilms of all kinds of information from their > library at Salt Lake. The films cost $6, take 2 to 3 weeks to arrive, and > you have 6 weeks to read them at the family history center. This would > give you access to deeds and probate records, which are very helpful in > PA as well as a lot of other kinds of records such as tax lists. In > addition, the family history center probably has a subscription to > Ancestry.com that you can access on their computers. Good luck, Mary -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.14/727 - Release Date: > 3/19/2007 11:49 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from > the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
If you need a search done at Ancestry, just ask. I can do this for you. Please give as much info as you can to help narrow it down.. Gail -----Original Message----- From: Mary McIndoe [mailto:mary@marymcindoe.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:47 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] hard-to-find Thomas I hadn't heard yet about the FHC ending access to Ancestry, but here in Maryland, our local library branches in Carroll County all have their membership to HeritageQuest available to all library users, so that might be a good option for some to check out when researching from a distance. The HeritageQuest program here is available even at home for library users and if you're at the library itself, you can also use Ancestry through the library's computers. A lot of local county libraries are excellent resources for genealogy, so they may be a big help for long distance research. -Mary Chester County Genealogy http://chestercountygenealogy.com At 01:01 PM 3/19/2007, Jeff Palmer wrote: > >In addition, the family history center probably has a subscription to > Ancestry.com that you can access on their computers. fyi... According to > Eastman's On-line Genealogical Newsletter, free access to Ancestry.com at > LDS centers is ending. One subscriber reported that the actual end date > of the current arrangement is the end of this month. Jeff Palmer - > jap@highstream.net * * * Quote of the Week: "It is seldom that liberty > of any kind is lost all at once." -- David Hume -----Original > Message----- From: pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of dferm@bainbridge.net > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:54 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: > Re: [PACHESTE] hard-to-find Thomas Hi Carol, Living in Washington > State, I, found I have had to look beyond books to research my Chester > County family. Looking for other sources will also help you do better > genealogy, because books are secondary or tertiary sources, several times > removed from the actual event, and therefore more likely to have > errors. I would suggest another approach: 1) Find a Church of Latter > Day Saints Family History Center near you. You can locate one by going > to their URL FamilySearch.org They welcome visits by non-church members, > and you can order microfilms of all kinds of information from their > library at Salt Lake. The films cost $6, take 2 to 3 weeks to arrive, and > you have 6 weeks to read them at the family history center. This would > give you access to deeds and probate records, which are very helpful in > PA as well as a lot of other kinds of records such as tax lists. In > addition, the family history center probably has a subscription to > Ancestry.com that you can access on their computers. Good luck, Mary -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.14/727 - Release Date: > 3/19/2007 11:49 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from > the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message