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From: Berry Spradley <>
Subject: [VAMONTGO]
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 12:04:25 -0500

Thought the following genealogical announcement I received from a friend
might be of interest to you. I can not vouch for this company....I'm only
passing along the information.

Have a Happy & Safe Independence Day!




Heritage Quest Completes Digitization of entire U.S. Census

The following is a press release from Heritage Quest:

Bountiful, UT--Heritage Quest Genealogical Services announces
the completion of its massive digitization project of the
entire U.S. Federal Census Records from 1790 to 1920. This
project, which has taken over two years, makes available to
genealogists and other researchers enhanced digital images of
all 12,555 rolls of census microfilm in easy-to-use CD-ROM
format for home computer use. Each roll of microfilm has a
corresponding CD that is numbered with the National Archive
and Record Administration (NARA) number. The digitized
microfilm images are stored as databases and are replicated as
CD's on demand. Orders for the digital microfilm census CD's
are processed within three days of the time they are received.

To celebrate the digital census project completion, Heritage
Quest is extending a special "buy-3-and-get-1-FREE" offer now
through July 31.

The development of digital census records on CD-ROM now makes
available to anyone interest in family history research the
single most important resource for finding and tracing
ancestors. In the past, complete census microfilms have only
been available at about 20 locations in the U.S., or by inter-
library loan film rental. This has frustrated many
genealogists and lengthened the research process. By making
the census records available on CD-ROM, the ease and speed
with which research can be done is greatly accelerated.
Details and ordering information are available via the
internet at http://www.HeritageQuest.com or by calling 800-
760-2455.

Indexes speed up the research process. To speed up searches
even more Heritage Quest is creating name indexes for each
census year and has completed indexes for 1790, 1800 and 1870.
Indexes for some other census years will be completed in the
next few months. In the process of re-indexing previously
indexed censuses, like the 1790 and 1800, thousands of errors,
missed names, townships, and counties have been added or
corrected.

Enhanced images make reading the records easier. Anyone who
has used census microfilm will tell you that many of the
images are too dark, too light, or too scratched to read.
Through the enhanced digitization process, which Heritage
Quest has developed, most of these problems have been
eliminated. Names and other census information long un-
recognizable are now available.

Further ease of census research is possible through state-of-
the-art software. Each census CD-ROM comes with state-of-the-
art software that allows the user to enlarge the census image
to any size, so that difficult letters or numbers can be
examined. Images can be sized for easy scanning of pages,
selected for copying to disc or printer, and cut and pasted
into documents. By holding down the right mouse button, a
special magnifier is activated and can be moved with the mouse
for quick and easy reading of census images. Click on an icon
and the census page changes from a positive (black on white)
to a negative (white on black) image. The user-friendly
software also features pointer navigation, left and right, top
and bottom, and other useful features.





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Hunting for SPRADLEY and KETCHUM
families. SPRADLEYs from SC to
TX via Al & GA. KETCHUMs to TX via
VA-TN-KY AL-IL. Some were preachers
and some were outlaws! Check my WWW
page for a searchable data base
of my ancestors.
<http://www.hal-pc.org/~berrys>;
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Berry Spradley
Spring, Texas
281 353-0059

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