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From: Sara Hemp <>
Subject: Re: Accessible Archives Fee
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 12:47:34 -0600


What is the URL?

Sara

Lance Beeson wrote:
>
> Dear All:
> I saw the comment about Accessible Archives charging a fee. I was confused beause
> they didn't bother to tell you how to get a subscription when you went there.
> Sometimes you have to learn to play with URLs to find out things.
> Anyway, I don't think its bad that they want to charge, as long as they continue
> to add new databases. I learned at least $70 worth of stuff about my ancestors in
> New Jersey and Pennsylvania that I couldn't have found unless someone else has
> put the entire newspaper record online.
> We are pretty spoiled on free info especially when people used to have to hire
> professional Genealogists for even simple trees.
> I would be willing to subscribe if I could see a mission statement or some other
> sense of where they were going with their site.
> I joined Ancestry.com and frankly I am not sure I am getting my moneys worth with
> them as much of the info is free anyway. I get a magazine printed on the heaviest
> coated stock I have ever seen though....
> Newspaper records give us the extra dimension we need and save us trips to the
> few libraries that might have the microfilim. Surely thats worth gas, hours and
> more. We were baited, though, I admit.
> Lance Beeson
>
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