For those of you that use the free database access at the FHL's, you will be unhappy to learn that most will soon be discontinued. What follows is a partial quote from a posting at _pommern-L@genealogy_ (mailto:pommern-L@genealogy) .net "I heard word today that Ancestry.com is discontinuing free access to the Ancestry.com Databases to all Family History Libraries worldwide as of April 1, 2007. After much disbelief and many e-mails, it is true as our local FHL director just received an e-mail message concerning this." "Free access through Ancestry.com to a few databases will continue - at this time. Complete information can be found on Everton's Genealogical NewsLine at: <http://genealogyblog.com/date/2007/03/16/>" Reasons and comments from Ancestry to the above announced discontinuance can be read at Everton Publishers blogsite at; _http://genealogyblog.com/ancestrycom/another-side-of-the-ancestrycom-removal- from-the-family-history-centers-5877_ (http://genealogyblog.com/ancestrycom/another-side-of-the-ancestrycom-removal-from-the-family-history-centers-5877) Donald Portland Oregon ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.