Budget Cuts Eliminate Santa Barbara Public Library Genealogy Databases

Libraries are struggling with budgets cut by cities, and counties that are no longer flush with tax money. The Santa Barbara Public Library is no exception.

The Santa Barbara Public Library System can no longer provide access to certain subscription databases effective July 1. [Click here to see what databases are still available.]

Due to funding cuts at the state and local levels, the Ancestry Library Edition, Biography Resource Center/ Biography in Context, Chilton’s Automotive Library, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Heritage Quest, Literature Resource Center, and Toucan Social Studies Fact Card can no longer be accessed.

Read the full article in the July 4, 2011 edition of kety.com

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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