I had no trouble accessing this and spent a couple hours getting some very good information. I suspect that the site may only be for cardholders with that particular library. We can access Heritage Quest through our library, by entering our library code. I think our library pays for this data based on number of cardholders. We can access this site directly from our home computers. It might be a good idea to check with your own libraries to see if you can get access to Heritage Quest through them and also access to other data bases. For Ancestry we have access but must go into the library and use their computers--no at home computer access. Bonnie Jan Smith <aaf@alltel.net> wrote: I was able to access Heritage Quest, but loading was very slow, also got some false leads, and error pages I tried to access. Janic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Thompson" To: Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [PAHUNTIN] Research Help for Census or New York Times > Be Careful what you put on RootsWeb - "Free 15 page website plus Free Startup WITH a $49 processing package." I could not access "Heritage quest Online" using the password "Welcome" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jean Wall > To: PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:32 PM > Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Research Help for Census or New York Times > > > Just passing this on from another list...... a great resources to those of us who do not belong to Ancestry.Com or any other paid research sites..... Good Luck! > > > Here is a valuable resource for some things in New Jersey (and New York City). "The New York Times" is online free until 15 Dec 2003, and then it will be gone. This isn't just the index, but EVERY PAGE, with most very readable! You might be able to find information, obituaries, etc. It has the complete New York Times, (including the classified) from 1851-2001! > Clicking on "Heritage quest Online" will get you census and books to search. > > | It works like this: > | First, go to -- http://riversideregionallibrary.org > | Second, click on "ProQuest Historical New York Times" OR HeritageQuest Online > | Third, use the guest password here, which is: welcome > | Fourth, click on "ProQuest Historical New York Times" again. OR Census > | Fifth, you are now on the search screen -- try it! > > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard

Dick Eastman reported on abuse perpetrated by someone in Michigan that caused Ancestry.com to not allow access through home computers (via patron library card numbers using the library gateway). Ancestry had apparently allowed one library in Michigan to try this (as HeritageQuestonline does) and one person spread abroad the information needed to access the databases. Because it was obvious that something like this had happened when jillions of people started accessing ancestry remotely, they shut down this type of access and I'm afraid will be hard pressed to attempt it again in the future. <<I suspect that the site may only be for cardholders with that particular library. We can access Heritage Quest through our library, by entering our library code. I think our library pays for this data based on number of cardholders. We can access this site directly from our home computers. It might be a good idea to check with your own libraries to see if you can get access to Heritage Quest through them and also access to other data bases. For Ancestry we have access but must go into the library and use their computers--no at home computer access.>>