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Library pulls plug on genealogical site

Until recently, Butler County residents with library cards could find a wealth of information about their ancestors in U.S. Census and other records free through a database.

But the Butler County Federated Library System has decided not to renew its subscription with the genealogical database HeritageQuest because of the library's money woes from state budget cuts.

Subscriptions for the other two databases offered by the system also will not be renewed, saving the BCFLS a total of about $23,000 a year, the system's administrator, Sheila Brown said.

Facts on File, the most expensive at $14,052 a year, will expire in mid-June. Learn-a-Test, at $4,495 a year, will expire June 30. Heritage Quest, at $4,410 a year, expired in April.

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