Hi Joy, This is the URL for Worldconnect. As far as I am aware it has always been a free site on Ancestry and is searchable by anyone. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ A lady has researched the Ralph family and put the information on Worldconnect. The site gives her name and email address. She has the following comment for Mary Mary arrived in the Colony free with 3 legitimate sons on the Convict ship "Minorca". Source General Muster 1805-06 I send private emails when they contain names and addresses or sensitive information that I think is better not to put on a list for all the world to see. This is a personal choice, no hard and fast rules. Cheers, Carol