Regarding the recent discussion of Heritage Quest, Ancestry, Godfrey & other
libraries, this announcement was made today in Ancestry Daily News:
"ProQuest Announces Exclusive Distribution of Ancestry Library Edition for Library
Market. "
"ProQuest Information and Learning announces exclusive rights to distribute a new
product, Ancestry Library Edition, from
MyFamily.com, Inc., in the library market. "
Full article is at
www.ancestry.com/dailynews
"The resources in Ancestry Library Edition are an excellent complement to
HeritageQuest Online. By providing both databases to libraries, we're able to meet
more fully libraries' needs for genealogical, demographic, and historical research.
The agreement is a great fit for customers in this rapidly growing research area, for both
hobbyists and professionals. Users will gain rich sources of content and search tools for
illuminating their ancestry,"
"ProQuest will continue to distribute Heritage Quest and all its component data sets
of the US Census, the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) and Genealogical and Local History
Collection (G&LH). Freedman's Bank Records and the Revolutionary War Pension
Records are also slated to be added to HeritageQuest Online. "
Loree Muldowney Palm Desert, CA