For all the folks out there that couldn't get into this site...here is the
explanation of what happened to it!
----- Original Message -----
From: <VWhite0901(a)aol.com>
To: <KENTUCKY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:47 AM
Subject: [KY] Re: Heritage Quest Online census........trail site til Dec
30th?
Below is the following explanation that I got when I asked the people
at
the
VA library why the site was no longer accessible.............Just
thought
you
would like to know....
>
> The test for Heritage Quest was for libraries and citizens of West
> Virginia. We are considering offering this database as a service to all
> West Virginia citizens through their libraries.
>
> Although the test was intended for West Virginians, the URL and
passwords
> were posted nationwide. Our hits went from a few dozen a day to
7,500 a
> day. Not what we intended.
>
> If we do re-institute the test of this wonderful database it will most
> likely be through IP recognition at the state's 176 public libraries. If
we
> do decide to offer the database as a service to the state's
libraries,
IP
> recognition will be part of the signon. So, spread the word.
Move to
West
> Virginia. Get great library service.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> Karen Goff
> Library Development Director
> West Virginia Library Commission
> 1900 Kanawha Blvd., E.
> Charleston, WV 25305-0620
> Phone: 304-558-3978 x 2010
> Fax: 304-558-4066
>
>
N.J.Skinner White
vwhite0901(a)aol.com
"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past."
(Deuteronomy 32:7a)
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