You win some and you lose some. That seems to be the life we live. A month or so ago, we found out that Ancestry.com, clearly the leader in online genealogical data, decided that they could no longer allow the Family History Library and its worldwide Centers free access to their data. So many genealogists lost on that one. Now I have it on good authority that genealogists just won one. Paul Allen (one of the founders of MyFamily.com), and his World Vital Records team have come through when needed. World Vital Records online research service, which includes the content of the Everton Genealogical Library, will now be available, without charge, at each of the LDS Church's Family History Centers. That's 3,400 worldwide Centers and the Family History Library here in Salt Lake City! The ramifications of so much free access to WVR and Everton data will be huge. Remember, all the Everton Genealogical Helper magazines (60 years worth) and Family Group Sheets/Pedigree Charts are indexed and available on WVR. Over 250 distinctly different newspapers from small communities across the country are now accessible free of charge at the Family History Centers through WVR. Everton Collection books are scanned and posted continuously on the WVR website. Numerous datasets available nowhere else are found on WVR as well as data from Google Books, the National Archives and other governmental agencies. One of the things I like most about WVR is its widespread use of geocoding. Do something as simple as a Social Security Death Index lookup. The results will give you not only the vital data normally found in the SSDI, but a map, complete with the local cemeteries marked with tiny crosses! I could go on. But needless to say, I'm ecstatic that WVR will now be available to so many researchers worldwide.