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

[dsam at sampubco.com]

You can say all you want, the reality check here....

Ancestry.com acquired Genealogy.com and is owner of those census pages now.

And no, Ancestry does not copy passenger lists from the films at the LDS
Family History Library. They are not allowed. They got from NARA, ditto for
census pages.

Heritage Quest has more stuff not found elsewhere and that is where I have
been raiding to get tons of family info. Many books were at the New York
Public Library (aka Lenox Library). And they are doing books from Sutro
Library in San Francisco.

David Samuelsen

Original Message:
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From: Eugene Barnes evbarnes at earthlink.net
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:02:54 -0800
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, LDS
site


HI:

It's six of one and half a doz. of the others.  Ancestral.com beats
genealogy.com as far as the
census images.  They do make in harder to find some indviduals, despite
their find and search
device.  I have never tried Heritage Quest and do not currently know of
anyone who uses it.

You may want to go to your local LDS library and see if they might have a
listing of the
passenger sites.  LDS filmed a lot of stuff and that is where these
subcriptions outfits are
getting the information they stick us for.

Good Hunting.

Gene Barnes
Costa Mesa, CA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve & Ronda Howard 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:11 PM
  Subject: [or-roots] Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, LDS site


  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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