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From: shiel007 <>
Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Note re Ancestry availability
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:36:58 -0600 (CST)
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A cooperative organization called MELSA, to which all public libraries in
the Twin Cities belong, pays the subscriptions to a number of online
databases such as Ancestry Gold, and an automotive source called Alldata.

Note: some databases can only be used for free in a library at a library
terminal, due to the higher cost of these databases.

I would suggest that anyone enjoying such databases tell their librarians
that they like them. With Papa (Governor, to you folks out of state)
Pawlenty slashing the state budget, library services, etc. will be cut.

For those wanting a link to the Mpls catalog: www.mplib.org
--if you follow the Links button, you will find links to other libraries.

Another FYI:
The Index to (20?) years of the Mpls Journal newspaper in the early 1900's
was moved to the Minnesota History Center while the downtown library is
being torn down and re-built. I have had trouble finding some of the
citations, since not all versions of an edition are on the microfilm, but
it does index a Mpls newspaper from a period for which I know of no other
index.

Good luck!
Kate


On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Claudia wrote:

> Kate,
>
> Are you referring to the ProQuest/Heritage Quest subsriptions available
> through the library? I didn't know if our Minneapolis Public Library had it
> or not yet. Hopefully, they do! It's great. They not only have some
> census records, but have books, magazines and periodicals that are scanned
> images. A relative in Colorado has access to this through her library. I
> guess there are many many County Histories scanned, City Directories, and
> Family History books that you can read online!
>
> I had asked the Minneapolis Public Library a few months ago if they would
> get it , and the head librarian said they were looking into it. I never
> heard back from her. Can you give us the link for it?
>
> Thanks for this information!
>
> Claudia Schuman - Coordinator
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep/
> http://hennbios.tripod.com/index.htm
> http://fdlbios.tripod.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shiel007" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:14 PM
> Subject: [MNHENNEP] Note re Ancestry availability
>
>
> > For those who don't subscribe to Ancestry.co, you might want to check to
> > see if your library subscribes to Ancestry Gold (I think I have the name
> > correctly).
> > Using the library's subscription, you can search, etc., but not post
> > replies.
> >
> > I know that all the public libraries in the 7 county Twin Cities area have
> > this subscription.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Kate
> >
> >
>
>

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