>People do not realize that to buy the IGI from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1990 was >&2,500.00. It was all on microfilm then and if you want an update you have to buy the whole thing over again. I bought it because I am in a wheel chair and do genealogy from >my home. when I started genealogy we did not have an FHC within 100 miles from my home. I live 25 miles from town, I do not drive and the only time I could >get to town is on Sunday. I am a genealogist and I have to pay for my >supplies ( Microfilm reader that makes copies, other microfilm, Books, Birth and Death Certificates, and any information I get from newspapers, Census records, etc.) that I use to trace families and I have to pass the cost on to my >clients. We all have to make a living somehow.. I also had to pay to go to >school to become a genealogist, not unlike other professions. some >people do not have time to go to the libraries, or the hours are not >convienient for them. Please don't be upset with me for charging people, when I have sat for hours and read the microfilm of the IGI to look for families. > >