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From: carolyn <>
Subject: Re: [Godfrey Lib-H] Fw: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest DatabaseAccess
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:22:51 -0700
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There are plenty of elderly and disabled researchers that are affected.
( Has anyone every done the demographics of the average of age of the
online researcher?)
The numbers of folks participating in genealogy would be far , far ,
fewer if online access were not possible......I would not be flying all
over the country
or making three day car trips to get data- I just couldn't to it---the
boom in genealogy is because of the advancement online access has
provided.
We are now going "backwards" as Joan says...........We used to have to
travel, , then we could access without leaving our communities, or
homes.........and now we are taking a step Backwards. The closest
opportunity I have to obtain a card for online access is a six hour
round trip, to make a one minute presentation of myself to a librarian.
The cost of the gas , is another issue.....It just seems that
something is wrong with this picutre--and I dare say there are many
others in my situation who may be feeling the same way. Please don't
call me a complainer------But rather a researcher that would hope that
this situation could be resolved in a more satisfactory and creative way.
Best-
Carolyn
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>I find it rather ironic that a mere seven to ten years ago we had to do
>virtually ALL of our genealogical research "on the road" at the libraries and in
>courthouses, cemeteries, etc. and today we complain about ONE trip (no matter
>how long a drive or how far) to gain access to what amounts to libraries
>full of documents at our fingertips at home after that ONE trip. Yes, I realize
>the impact of making that one trip on disabled and elderly researchers (and
>even on just plain "busy" people)--but there was no other option only a few
>short years ago. We've grown to expect everything to be at our fingertips
>these days.
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>Joan
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