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From: "connie mead" <>
Subject: From Heritage Quest
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:46:49 -0400


It will probably shut down soon if it has not already.

Conniesue
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> My name is Pam McLaughlin, and I work for Fremont
> Public Library in Mundelein, IL.
>
> While I appreciate the enthusiasm you have for the
> product, we may have some problems here.
>
> Our library does pay for this subscription, and the
> subscription price we pay is based on the population
> of our library district (approx. 28,000 people) Also,
> our servers are simply not set up to handle the high
> volume of, say, a familysearch.org or ancestry.com.
>
> If we get too many hits, our servers may crash, and we
> may have to suspend the service until a password
> scheme is setup.
>
> If you enjoy this service, I urge you to contact your
> own local public library and ask them to subscribe to
> the service. It's a very good service, but our small
> library just can not provide it to the whole country,
> not practically, not technically, and certainly not
> legally.
>
> Thank you for your attention.
>
> Pam McLaughlin
> Adult Services Department
> Fremont Public Library
> 1170 N. Midlothian Rd.
> Mundelein, IL 60060
>
>
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