[or-roots] Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, LDS site

[Steve & Ronda Howard]

Hi all,
Would some of you more genealogical savy persons give your personal opinions
of the strengths and weaknesses of some of the online genealogy sites?  My
Dad and I share an Ancestry.com subscription, so I'm quite familiar with
that one.  I seem to get lost in Heritage Quest and Genealogy.com.

Is most of the same information in most sites, or do they have individual
strengths and weaknesses?  Is there anywhere that passenger lists are all
located?  I'm looking for the deBeer family on a ship in 1852.  I've looked
through the ships on Ancestry (dozens of ships, hundreds of names) with no
luck

Thanks,
Ronda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dgoodma02 at comcast.net>
To: "Oregon Group" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: [or-roots] History Quest Online


> I know that you all were talking about HeritageQuest  Online earlier.  I
didn't get around to looking for it until today.   The Pierce County
Washington Library System Has HeratageQuest.  All one needs is a library
card with the barcode numbers and a password to get in (no cost).  This is a
very large and up to date Library System and I've been a patron for many
years. Pierce County is South of King County King County is basically
Seattle, and Pierce County is Basically Tacoma and Surrounding smaller
cities such as University Place, Where I live.
> The only problem I have today is that the system is so buisy that I can't
get in.  I'll Try this evening after closing.
> --
> Bob Goodman
> USAF Retired
> University Place, Washington
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