Heritage Quest

Question

Is any body else having problems getting on to the Heritage Quest site?

If you are interested in the program send an email to the Guthrie Memorial Library in Hanover Pennsylvania. It is part of the York County Library System of Pennsylvania. Because of funding cuts this service was not renewed. The only way to access this is to go to the library and log into Ancestry.com which is still free through your local libraries.

Comments

You have ancestors on your tree that were born when Ulysses S. Grant was president and their privacy is on red you might not realize.  :)

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The first privacy level is from 1829 and is green the next one is 1875 and is yellow. I have several more after this date that are yellow. The first red is 1916. Atleast that is according to my watch list. Not sure how you are getting red on open profile.

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http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Geiselman-6

The spouse of this profile is born in 1870 but you can't see the name and I think that means it's on red.  Often you don't notice the privacy level on profiles you manage yourself because they're all viewable as if they're on open.  I've had it with my own profiles where I didn't see some privacy levels on red until I looked at them without being logged-in.  I thought that might be the case here.

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Actually the color was Orange. One above Red. I have set all profiles I manage to Open that were born before 1900. The other profile born since 1900 that are Open were put that way from the start.

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It's still not viewable, maybe the Wikitree isn't changing the privacy level when it's asked but changes in the night or something like that?

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Now it's viewable in the family tree.  And it's viewable from her parent's in law, but it's not viewable from her husband's profile.  Like the link I put in the comment it's not viewable.  Maybe the privacy level has to pass though multiple servers or something.  I'm gonna quit looking and probably tomorrow it'll be behaving normal.  Cheers.

Answer 1

Many local libraries have internet access to proprietary databases as you have mentioned. But it *may* be possible to avoid a trip to the library of your choice. Check to see if the databases are available to you remotely when you log on with your library card. This practice differs from library to library across the country.

By the way, for those folks in California, many libraries throughout the state allow reciprocity with other California libraries in giving library cards to residents. (I live in Contra Costa county but can get cards from San Francisco Public, Berkeley Public and a number of other library systems if I apply in person with a California id.)

Quick Answer: Creativity and flexibility may expand your choices when searching for free databases.

Comments

As mentioned above the library system in my area does not have Heritage Quest because of budget cuts. In order for me to access genealogy sites like Ancestry I have to go to my local library and use one of their computers. Which is going to be a pain for me.

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Sorry to hear that, Chris!