Jen, As Glen indicated, I made no statement about the message boards. My comment was only about WorldConnect. However, there is still a free subscription to the message boards for purposes of establishing a profile. The message board submitter information does show, if the submitter desires to be known. Otherwise, a subscription to Ancestry.com is required to use their forwarding service. That said, my experience with message boards indicates that they, on the average, are more frequently used by the less experienced, who are often leery of letting their personal information be seen. I hardily endorse the free profile concept, because it allows you to find all the places where your email is subscribed in the RootsWeb systems. It also allows the updating of your email address when changed. BTW: It is strange you directed a message to me, but sent it to Glen. At 02:01 AM 10/12/2009, you wrote: >From: "Brad and Jen" <bradandjen@iinet.net.au> >Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] recording a name >To: <glen@glenbodie.com>, <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > >Hi Fred, > >I joined rootsweb long before ancestory took over yet I have to >subscribe to ancestory just to look at the email addresses on the >message boards now, even my own! I've also noticed that ancestory >has removed all email address from posts on the message boards >before they took over. > >You say it is totally free of charges so maybe you can help me >figure a way to contact others without paying this subscription fee? > >Thanks, >Jen. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:46:13 -0500 > > From: Fred H Held <fhheld@netzero.net> > > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] recording a name > > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com, "ann zeman" <annzeman@msn.com> > > > > I teach a seminar on "Managing your Family Records on the Internet". > > In the seminar I encourage the use of RootsWeb WorldConnect. > > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Although it is supported by > > Ancestry.com, it is totally free and free of any additional charges. ____________________________________________________________ Free Copier Price Quotes Get free copier price quotes from multiple dealers and save! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=BQpre3NfWgwP16Yzgn7-jgAAJ1HRPJtV0UPWIFV2n9W87NGdAAQAAAAFAAAAAPLSTT4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABIVZAAAAAA=