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From: "Barbara Vines Little, CG" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Ancestry partnership: Respond to NARA'srequest forfeedback
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:49:06 -0400
References: <200803101742.m2AHfHpT026593@mail.rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <200803101742.m2AHfHpT026593@mail.rootsweb.com>


So true. Every company has only so much money to invest and it takes
money to do this. I'd like to see others join in.

Barbara Vines Little, CG
Dominion Research Services
PO Box 1273
Orange, VA 22960

540-832-3473


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Melinde Sanborn wrote:
> Also out loud, the non-exclusivity of the program is what is most attractive
> in Ancestry.com's proposed contract. Footnote and everybody else can also do
> exactly the same thing. The impact is neutral with one added benefit - it
> gets the materials digitized more rapidly.
>
> Melinde
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> Subject: Re: [APG] Ancestry partnership: Respond to NARA's request
> forfeedback
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> The value of digitizing more records is evident to historians and
> genealogists. Since NARA has also partnered with Footnote.com to do the same
> type of work on other NARA record groups, with splendid results, my
> questions are:
>
> -- Isn't Footnote.com a better venue for our access to additional NARA
> record groups than Ancestry.com?
> -- Isn't Footnote's corporate policy a little easier to take than
> Ancestry's?
> -- Isn't Footnote's interface easier to navigate?
>
> Maybe NARA feedback might applaud the digitization but recommend increasing
> the scope of the partnership with a company you prefer.
>
> Just thinking out loud here.
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