Happy hunting, everyone. Carol >Greetings All, > >My eyes are blood shot this morning for a reason. Late last night I >found out Ancestry.com is offering free access to four of their >databases that are normally open only to subscribers. Well, I had >to validate the news before I passed it on to you :-) and three >hours later I went to bed without taking the time to drop you this >message. I hit a gold mine on the WW1 Draft Cards database!!! > >The following databases are free THIS MONTH only. World War 1 Draft >Registration Cards >1870 US Federal Census - Index & Images >Civil War Service Records >African American Records > >You have to register, but only give your name and e-mail address. >To get to these free databases use this URL: >http://www.researchguides.net/free.htm > >You can start accessing the databases immediately, but you will also >get two e-mails -- 1) thanking you for trying Ancestry.com 2) >asking you to confirm. Don't hesitate to reply to the the >confirmation -- I didn't have to go through the sign-on process this morning. > >Quirk: I could not print or save the images to disk. But....by >right clicking, I could "Save image as...". >Caution, some of the cards and all of the census images are a >combination of several images. Watch as they appear on the screen >and note where the image blocks are located before the image is >displayed. After saving the individual image blocks, you may have to >use a photo-editing program to patch them together. [Although some >consisted of only one image block, I found most were two images >blocks, with the front of the card on one and the back on >another. But there were times when the card front was split in two.] > >Tips: The smaller the image, the less blocks. >Check that you "saved" what you wanted before moving on to the next find. >If you have access to Heritage Quest -- get your census images from it. > >Enjoy and good luck. > > >Regards, >Barbara >Home is where I hang my @ -- right now it is Tucson, Arizona Carol De Priest Honest Intellectual Inquiry <http://www.dakotacom.net/~depriest/index.htm> I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/poulanders137583.html>Poul Anderson