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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 88146, member: 44"]Fig, the NEHGS has microfilms and microfiche of the Vermont Births/Marriages/Deaths online as one of the databases of their massive databank search engines. For some reason I thought you were a member. Baker, I wasn't sure whether you were or not. Their online sources are great especially anyone with New England ancestry.</p><p><br /></p><p>I along with many others was disgusted with Ancestry.com actions back in the late 1990s or early 2000 when they took over rootsweb. Literally thousands had uploaded their genealogy research to rootsweb because it was a non-profit organization with free access for all. Along came ancestry.com saying free access would continue then in a few years they slammed the door shut. Membership was then required for allll. Those who had given their valuable work for public domain usage could no longer access their own work without paying a fee and that fee kept rising and rising. I could rant on and on about ancestry.com. It has turned into a huge commercial entity. Okay, I'll quit.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 88146, member: 44"]Fig, the NEHGS has microfilms and microfiche of the Vermont Births/Marriages/Deaths online as one of the databases of their massive databank search engines. For some reason I thought you were a member. Baker, I wasn't sure whether you were or not. Their online sources are great especially anyone with New England ancestry. I along with many others was disgusted with Ancestry.com actions back in the late 1990s or early 2000 when they took over rootsweb. Literally thousands had uploaded their genealogy research to rootsweb because it was a non-profit organization with free access for all. Along came ancestry.com saying free access would continue then in a few years they slammed the door shut. Membership was then required for allll. Those who had given their valuable work for public domain usage could no longer access their own work without paying a fee and that fee kept rising and rising. I could rant on and on about ancestry.com. It has turned into a huge commercial entity. Okay, I'll quit. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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