THANKS, ELEANOR ----- Original Message ----- From: <Binkfraze@aol.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Alfred Lansing Sharpe/Catherine Leavell Sharp (Heritage Quest)! > Eleanor: > > I am able to access Heritage Quest online through the TXShare connection that > our local City Library has. Was fortunate enough to finally get the username > and password....since I have a current library card. > > If I remember right, there was some discussion on this mail list earlier this > year about the capability of accessing Heritage Quest over the internet, > through whatever connection your local library has....after obtaining the key > things....the TXShare internet address, and the username and password. I think > the hard part...at least here...was getting a librarian to understand what I was > talking about and then, getting those key things from them. > > After going to the correct internet address to get you into the TXShare > "spot", it asks for the username and password. Then, after typing in the username > and password, it opens up to a variety of things....but, after scrolling down > about 2/3rds of the way, on the right hand side is "Heritage Quest". Clicking > on that takes you into the Heritage Quest screen and lets you select > searching in the Census, Books, or PERSI. > > What I've found in the Book search area is a number of early published > (beginning of 1900's) books that have been scanned, page by page. And, these pages > can be printed from your computer if you want a "hard copy". > > The only "down side", if there is one, is that if you don't move within this > site after you've been in it....for say, 4 or 5 minutes...you get called away > from your computer....you will have to go completely out and then, go back > into the TXShare site, use the username and password, scroll down and click on > Heritage Quest, etc. > Because, a Heritage Quest screen comes up and asks for a user name and > password....and those are different than the ones that the TXShare uses....and won't > let you back in to HQ. > > Otherwise, its great! And, HQ tries to fill in for the census years that > Ancestry.com doesn't have yet. I've only had a few cases where neither HQ nor > Ancestry.com didn't have up a certain census year in a certain area of the U.S. > that I needed. Neither HQ nor Ancestry.com have ALL the census years for all > the U.S. areas up to search; so, it's nice that they sort of "compliment" each > other for the most part. > > Hope this isn't too confusing, and is of some help. > > Take Care, > > Sallie R. Frazee > El Paso, TX > binkfraze@aol.com > > >

eleanor hembree wrote: >THANKS, ELEANOR >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Binkfraze@aol.com> >To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:30 PM >Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Alfred Lansing Sharpe/Catherine Leavell Sharp >(Heritage Quest)! > > > > >>Eleanor: >> >>I am able to access Heritage Quest online through the TXShare connection >> >> >that > > >>our local City Library has. Was fortunate enough to finally get the >> >> >username > > >>and password....since I have a current library card. >> >>If I remember right, there was some discussion on this mail list earlier >> >> >this > > >>year about the capability of accessing Heritage Quest over the internet, >>through whatever connection your local library has....after obtaining the >> >> >key > > >>things....the TXShare internet address, and the username and password. I >> >> >think > > >>the hard part...at least here...was getting a librarian to understand what >> >> >I was > > >>talking about and then, getting those key things from them. >> >>After going to the correct internet address to get you into the TXShare >>"spot", it asks for the username and password. Then, after typing in the >> >> >username > > >>and password, it opens up to a variety of things....but, after scrolling >> >> >down > > >>about 2/3rds of the way, on the right hand side is "Heritage Quest". >> >> >Clicking > > >>on that takes you into the Heritage Quest screen and lets you select >>searching in the Census, Books, or PERSI. >> >>What I've found in the Book search area is a number of early published >>(beginning of 1900's) books that have been scanned, page by page. And, >> >> >these pages > > >>can be printed from your computer if you want a "hard copy". >> >>The only "down side", if there is one, is that if you don't move within >> >> >this > > >>site after you've been in it....for say, 4 or 5 minutes...you get called >> >> >away > > >>from your computer....you will have to go completely out and then, go back >>into the TXShare site, use the username and password, scroll down and >> >> >click on > > >>Heritage Quest, etc. >>Because, a Heritage Quest screen comes up and asks for a user name and >>password....and those are different than the ones that the TXShare >> >> >uses....and won't > > >>let you back in to HQ. >> >>Otherwise, its great! And, HQ tries to fill in for the census years that >>Ancestry.com doesn't have yet. I've only had a few cases where neither HQ >> >> >nor > > >>Ancestry.com didn't have up a certain census year in a certain area of the >> >> >U.S. > > >>that I needed. Neither HQ nor Ancestry.com have ALL the census years for >> >> >all > > >>the U.S. areas up to search; so, it's nice that they sort of "compliment" >> >> >each > > >>other for the most part. >> >>Hope this isn't too confusing, and is of some help. >> >>Take Care, >> >>Sallie R. Frazee >>El Paso, TX >>binkfraze@aol.com >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > I understand that TXShare and Heritage Quest might not be able for us to get into much longer. You might want to contact the library. I received this thru an e-mail. I will see if I can find out where it came from and forward it. Jeffie Butler