Dear FHC Patrons, As many of you know, there is a genealogical conference going on this week in Richmond, Virginia. Many announcements are being made about aggressive work being done to digitize and publish, online, records that are held in archives throughout the world. These announcements are making their way into various online newsletters. "Free" seems to be the keyword emphasis. Here are a some worth reading, if you've not yet seen them...... http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/05/familysearch_to.html http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/05/comment_familys.html http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/05/more_than_4500_.html