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Subject: Genealogy Survey
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 21:41:38 EST

1998 GENQUEST GENEALOGY SURVEY
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For the past two years GenQuest, Inc. has conducted a survey of Genealogists
using the Internet and as 1998 comes to a close they are inviting you to
take part in this years. The goal is to conduct the same exact survey three
years in a row with the same questions in order to have a reliable set of
data. The results of this survey will be made publicly available to anyone,
organization or Web site that requests it.

The survey is available at:
http://www.genquest.com/survey.html

Two questions may arise in the minds of those who read this request:

1). Since spamming (receiving unsolicited E-mail) is a serious problem, is
this some way of getting my E-mail address?

The answer is NO. No where in the survey is your E-mail address or identity
asked for. After you fill it out and submit it you get a thank you message.
The header of a recent submission is quoted below so that you may seen the
information is received:

"Subject: GenQuest: Survey
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:01:01 -0500
From: "Genquest Web Site" <>
To: "

2). Why does such a survey need to be conducted?

According to the December 1995 AmeriPoll survey, almost half of America is
involved in genealogy research to some degree, and I suspect that the
statistics are close to the same in Canada and Western Europe. With so many
people doing genealogy, there should be reliable data that any person,
genealogical society/organization, software maker, or entity, which provides
support to our research efforts. Currently there is no body of information.

If you have any other questions or concerns feel free to E-mail me.

Sincerely,

Ron Maloney
GenQuest, Inc.

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