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COMPLETE CENSUS COMING TO THE INTERNET

 SierraHome's Generations Software and Heritage Quest announced last week they have created a new website that will contain the whole United States Census from 1790 to 1920. The new website at http://www. GenealogyDatabase.com will be available by subscription to libraries and individual consumers this Fall.

 Heritage Quest has been "cleaning up" and digitizing the entire 12,555 rolls of microfilm of the United States Census. In addition, they are currently in the process of indexing each household. When the indexing is completed the researcher will be able to click a mouse on an embedded link in the index. The link will attach itself and take the researcher to the digital image of the original census enumeration.

 Another revolutionary feature of the new database will allow researchers to leave a "sticky note" on the census. When other researchers visit a previously visited or neighboring enumeration the "sticky note"  will hopefully create a rapport between fellow researchers.

  Censuses for the years 1790, 1800 and 1870 have been indexed. The remaining years are being indexed at the rate of 500,000 new entries each week until completed.

  GenealogyDatabase.com is expected to be about 3.5 terabytes in size when it launches. It is anticipated it will grow to about 10 terabytes or more when complete. This website, upon completion, will be the largest website on the Internet and will be nearly as big as the rest of the Internet combined.

GENEALOGY ON THE INTERNET

 Sponsored by Houston Community College, Mic Barnette will present a one time three hour course, Surfing the Internet- For Genealogy. The course will be held on Wednesday August 2 from 1 P.M. at the HCC campus 1681 Cartwright in Missouri City. For more information and to register, contact HCC at 281-835-5539.

LEARN ABOUT BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS

 Most states of the United States did not maintain birth and death records until after 1900. To determine birth and death dates researchers have to utilize a variety of extraneous records. Covering time frames from the colonial period to present Birth, Marriage and Death Records for Historians and Genealogists will examine the locations and contents of documents that constitute or lend credence and evidence to a birth, marriage or death.

 Taught by Mic Barnette, this one-time class will be held at Leisure Learning's 2990 Richmond campus from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. on Wednesday August 2. For more information and to enroll, contact Leisure Learning at

713-529-4414.

OUT OF THE SOFTWARE BOX

 SierraHome's Generations Grande Suite Version 8.0 was unveiled at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Providence, Rhode Island last month. The program's unique feature is a patent pending 3D Tree format technology. This new technology allows one to view every member of a family file in a dynamic 3-dimensional environment.

 Created through Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) the 3D Tree format allows web posting of photographs and other scanned documents to  icons representing different connected family members. The screen offers a sense of navigating in outer space.

 SierraHome is a leader in the home productivity software market and the suite reflects the inter-relationship of her sister companies. Included in the Grande Suite are 31 CD-ROMS. The CD-ROMs include three other programs and 4.1 million names.

 Included is Snapshot Express, MasterCook and iCollector. SnapShot allows one to repair scratches and tears on scanned photographs. It also allows one to organize photos and create an electric family photo album.

 MasterCook, organizes and preserves family and other traditional recipes. iCollect automatically searches the Internet and gathers family information. The information can be stored on the hard drive and researched at a later time.

 To round out the CD-ROMs, there are databases containing the names of 350 million living and dead ancestors and relatives. The databases include names of people who may have served and/or died in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, WWII, the Korean War, or, died on the Titanic in 1912. Not to be left out, the suite, also, contains the index to the 60 million people who received Social Security Death Benefits between 1936 and 1999.

 The program has GEDCOM 5.5 compatibility. It requires Windows 95/98 and a minimum of a Pentium 100 with 16MB RAM and a 4X CD-ROM and 100 MB free space, a SVGA 800X600 16 bit High color Windows compatible mouse and printer. The SnapShot, MasterCook and iCollect programs require additional free space.

 SierraHome's Grande Suite 8.0 is available for about $79.95 from software dealers and on SierraHome's website at http://www.sierrahome.com