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During the Symposium the Family Search Center we will be offering free Test Drives (or demos) of six major websites; some are subscription websites available for free to patrons through the Family Search Center PORTAL. Here's what we'll be "test driving" that day:

• www.USGenWeb.org -- USGenWeb is a free-to-use network of all 3000 U.S. counties and information posted to those specific area sites by genealogical or historical societies. -- Shirley Brown & Leroy Spiers
• www.Ancestry.com -- Ancestry is neck-and-neck with FamilySearch in offering millions of accessible records to search in the hunt for ancestors. There is a subscription and a free-via-the-FamilySearch Center version.-- Kathy Bowen & Lauren Martin
• www.FindMyPast.com & thegenealogist.co.uk -- Find My Past and the Genealogist are websites for tracing our English heritage; while they are subscription sites, they are free via the Family Search Center PORTAL. -- Gina McKenzie & Jennifer Johnson
• www.Fold3.com -- Fold3 is the website for our U.S. National Archives and has a wealth of historical and military information and records on our ancestors. It is a subscription website but free via the Family Search Center PORTAL. -- Janet Talbot & Chris Impett
• www.GenForum.com -- GenForum is (as the name says) a "forum" or public place to ask questions and share answers regarding our ancestor search. It is a beginners website and very easy to use. -- Mary Griffey & Lynn Burns
• www.WorldVitalRecords.com & Find-A-Grave -- WorldVitalRecords is another subscription website but free to use through the Family Search Center PORTAL; Find-A-Grave is a free website of thousands of photographed tombstones....... maybe of your ancestor! -- Leann Seaman & Shaunee Olson