[Genealib] Live Roots Announcement & Local Roots Introduction

[Illya D'Addezio]

Live Roots, my new genealogy search engine, was released last week. I
delayed announcing it on this list for two reasons; there were a ton of
excellent suggestions during the first few days, and I wanted to implement
some of them. The other reason was that I needed additional time to setup
Local Roots.

Live Roots (http://www.liveroots.com/) is a free genealogy search engine
that allows visitors to search through thousands of database titles from
subscription sites, books publishers and a variety of online websites. Live
Roots also lets you browse through the latest database, book and website
releases in its "Discover" feature, which is updated daily. 

For additional details, visit "Genealogy Today Launches Live Roots Meta
Search Website"
(http://www.genealogytoday.com/info/pr/live_roots_launch.html)

If you feel that Live Roots is a useful tool for genealogists, I would
greatly appreciate it if you would add a link to the site from your
library's public (external) website (or send the link information below to
your webmaster).

	Live Roots Genealogy Search
	http://www.liveroots.com/

Now for Local Roots... I'm developing a version of Live Roots intended for
on-premise access for your patrons. Local Roots (http://www.localroots.com)
will offer a variety of special features that revolve around your geographic
location and the local resources (e.g. historical society) that your patrons
may have an interest in. Local Roots will also be advertising free, and
configured to automatically adjust links to the major database provider
websites that your library subscribes to, making the experience of using
Local Roots to access them seamless.

Local Roots will also offer a subsription upgrade for the Genealogy Today
databases included in the Surname Results. Subscribing to these additional
databases is purely optional. You will not receive sales calls or badgering
e-mails. If you're interested in pricing, just ask and I'll send you a .PDF
with the details. The subscription rates are very affordable.

I'm planning to have Local Roots ready by November 3rd, but you may learn
more about it and signup at any time.

Most of all, I would really appreciate your feedback on either project.
Several librarians from this list were involved in the pre-launch preview,
and their feedback was very helpful.

Thank you,
- illya


Illya J. D'Addezio, owner at gentodayllc.com
Genealogy Today LLC 
New Providence, NJ 07974

GenealogyToday.com
http://www.genealogytoday.com/

Live Roots Genealogy Search
http://www.liveroots.com/