[Genealib] [Fwd: Re: [A-L] Ancestry.com free alternative]

[Lynette Jones]

Investigate whether your local library subscribes to Ancestry Library
Edition.  It has almost everything Ancestry.com offers, without the
personal subscription required.  The library pays the annual fee, and
makes it available to everyone in the library.  The only drawback, to
me, is that a user must go to the library to use it, unlike Heritage
Quest Online which allows remote access.

 

My library offers both databases, and they are among our most popular.

 

Lynette V. Jones

Information Services Supervisor

Carrollton Public Library @ Josey Ranch Lake

Carrollton, TX  75006

972-466-4814

fax 972-466-4265

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Sharon
Centanne
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:31 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: [Genealib] [Fwd: Re: [A-L] Ancestry.com free alternative]

 

HI Folks,

Thought you might find the information below useful.

I have also had a lot of luck finding records lately by googling the
surname and the word genweb. Many thousands of genweb volunteers all
over the country and the world voluntarily put cemetery surveys, vital
records, church records, census records, etc. online, and these are
easy to cut and paste into the notes section of Family Tree Maker or
other word processing software.

Happy New Year!
Sharon Troy Centanne
Genealogical Research Instructor
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/centans/genguide.html

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Subject: 

Re: [A-L] Ancestry.com free alternative

Date: 

Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:19:38 -0500

From: 

Lynda L. Jones <lynda at houseofwaterdancer.com>
<mailto:lynda at houseofwaterdancer.com> 

Reply-To: 

lynda at houseofwaterdancer.com, alsace-lorraine at rootsweb.com

To: 

<alsace-lorraine at rootsweb.com> <mailto:alsace-lorraine at rootsweb.com> 

 

See if your public library has Heritage Quest.  You can access it online
for
free if your library subscribes to it.  The census is there.  It is also
available on http://www.familysearch.com  I don't think they have the
digitized images there yet, but you can get them through Heritage Quest.
You just need to know what page the person is on and that you can find
in
familysearch.  Familysearch.org is involved in a massive project to
bring
records online.  It has something to do with a dispute with
Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com is overpriced, and a lot of the information they have is
available elsewhere online for free.  I truly resent that they profit
from
user contributed information.
 
There are a lot of kind souls who will do quick Ancestry lookups for you
if
you're in a pinch.  Another alternative is to share a subscription with
other family members or friends who are researching.  My cousin lets me
use
his subscription.
 
Best wishes,
Lynda Jones
Bloomsburg, PA  USA
 
 
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Weberstedt, Thuringen, Germany - home of the Uttrodts
Family names:   Brong, Freitag, von Freitag, Miller, Prang, Savino,
Schueller, Uetterodt, von Uetterodt, Utterodt, Uttenrodt, von Uttenrodt,
Uttrodt, Ottrott, Van Etten, Van Horn
Collateral lines:  Dwyer, Eltus,  LaFrance,  Prentice, Smith
 .
 
 
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From: alsace-lorraine-bounces at rootsweb.com
[mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces at rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of
Sassy1627 at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:27 PM
To: alsace-lorraine at rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [A-L] Reply to Debbie's email
 
 
Looks like i have a lot to look over and study.  i thank you all for
answers
to ?s.
 
I am debating now on redoing  my  subscription to  ancestry.   after 8
years
i have not resubscribed.,  but i is  hard not to have it  for census.
etc.
 
Thank you all  i will keep tight watch on each email tha tcomes thru,
iknow
i can learn more there.
 
ty again
 
((huggs))
 
debbie
tyler, tx
 
 
 
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