[Genealib] Re: genealib Digest, Vol 44, Issue 13

[BeanyCecil at aol.com]

1b. FamilySearch Unveils Program to Increase Access to  World's
Genealogical Records

If you're a member of a historical  society or other record repository,
you'll want to read  this.

FamilySearch has just announced a program--called Records  Access--to
help archives and record repositories around the world  digitize,
transcribe, index, and make their unique genealogical  collections
available online for free.

Heritage societies can work  with FamilySearch to make their
collections available and FamilySearch is  offering to provide access
to their state-of-the-art digital cameras,  software, and more. The
information will then become available on  FamilySearch.org and/or the
affiliate institution's website. At least an  index to the collection
will be made available on FamilySearch.

Noted  genealogist Dick Eastman is calling this "perhaps the most
important  genealogy announcement of the past few years." To read a
press release for  the announcement and Dick Eastman's 
comments, please visit:

_blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/05/familysearch_to.html_ 
(http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/05/familysearch_to.html) 

_blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/05/comment_familys.html_ 
(http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/05/comment_familys.html) 
 
* * * Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 16 May 2007, Vol. 10, No.  
20.* * * 




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