Thought the following genealogical announcement I received from a friend might be of interest to you. I can not vouch for this company....I'm only passing along the information. Have a Happy & Safe Independence Day! Heritage Quest Completes Digitization of entire U.S. Census The following is a press release from Heritage Quest: Bountiful, UT--Heritage Quest Genealogical Services announces the completion of its massive digitization project of the entire U.S. Federal Census Records from 1790 to 1920. This project, which has taken over two years, makes available to genealogists and other researchers enhanced digital images of all 12,555 rolls of census microfilm in easy-to-use CD-ROM format for home computer use. Each roll of microfilm has a corresponding CD that is numbered with the National Archive and Record Administration (NARA) number. The digitized microfilm images are stored as databases and are replicated as CD's on demand. Orders for the digital microfilm census CD's are processed within three days of the time they are received. To celebrate the digital census project completion, Heritage Quest is extending a special "buy-3-and-get-1-FREE" offer now through July 31. The development of digital census records on CD-ROM now makes available to anyone interest in family history research the single most important resource for finding and tracing ancestors. In the past, complete census microfilms have only been available at about 20 locations in the U.S., or by inter- library loan film rental. This has frustrated many genealogists and lengthened the research process. By making the census records available on CD-ROM, the ease and speed with which research can be done is greatly accelerated. Details and ordering information are available via the internet at http://www.HeritageQuest.com or by calling 800- 760-2455. Indexes speed up the research process. To speed up searches even more Heritage Quest is creating name indexes for each census year and has completed indexes for 1790, 1800 and 1870. Indexes for some other census years will be completed in the next few months. In the process of re-indexing previously indexed censuses, like the 1790 and 1800, thousands of errors, missed names, townships, and counties have been added or corrected. Enhanced images make reading the records easier. Anyone who has used census microfilm will tell you that many of the images are too dark, too light, or too scratched to read. Through the enhanced digitization process, which Heritage Quest has developed, most of these problems have been eliminated. Names and other census information long un- recognizable are now available. Further ease of census research is possible through state-of- the-art software. Each census CD-ROM comes with state-of-the- art software that allows the user to enlarge the census image to any size, so that difficult letters or numbers can be examined. Images can be sized for easy scanning of pages, selected for copying to disc or printer, and cut and pasted into documents. By holding down the right mouse button, a special magnifier is activated and can be moved with the mouse for quick and easy reading of census images. Click on an icon and the census page changes from a positive (black on white) to a negative (white on black) image. The user-friendly software also features pointer navigation, left and right, top and bottom, and other useful features. *********************************** Hunting for SPRADLEY and KETCHUM families. SPRADLEYs from SC to TX via Al & GA. KETCHUMs to TX via VA-TN-KY AL-IL. Some were preachers and some were outlaws! Check my WWW page for a searchable data base of my ancestors. <http://www.hal-pc.org/~berrys> *********************************** Berry Spradley Spring, Texas 281 353-0059