[Genealib] America's GenealogyBank

[Joy Rich]

Fern, I tested GenealogyBank before it went public. I was invited to do that as the former 
director of the library of a large Manhattan genealogical society for a dozen years and 
the editor of a genealogical society publication.

I was very pleased with GenealogyBank. It has a huge amount of material I didn't see 
offered anywhere else online. For instance, its "Historical Documents" section has the 
complete American State Papers and the U.S. Serial Set. There are many books in 
"Historical Books" I couldn't access anywhere else. It has all five series of "Early 
American Newspapers." I'm not super-high-tech, so I appreciated how easy the software's 
features are to understand and use, and I found the Help section very comprehensive and 
well-written.

When I was researching the history of a 200-year-old church in Manhattan and the lives of 
its founders and later parishioners, I made extensive use of the early New York City 
newspapers, like the "New-York Evening Post," the "New-York Herald," and the "New-York 
Daily Advertiser."

Joy

Joy Rich
Brooklyn, NY


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Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 4:13 PM
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Subject: [Genealib] America's GenealogyBank

I recently attended a demonstration of America's GenealogyBank a product of NewsBank. It 
was impressive. I wanted experience of any libraries that get this database, especially in 
New York.

Thank you,
Fern Gutman
Smithtown Library Kings Park Branch