Yes I agree and think your statement is true. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Burgdorf" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [BW] Soc Sec Deaths > > > My comment was not just in reference to the SSDI but rather to the > overall capturing of other data that heretofore was free. I am not > sure of this but is seems that ancestry is gaining much of its data > by buying or merging with other suppliers of free online information. > > BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } > On Mon 02/04/12 14:06 , Chris Smolinski > [email protected] sent: > I hesitated replying to this, as it is not really on topic, but > maybe this will reduce the number of additional replies. > Ancestry didn't "grab" the SSDI (Social Security Death Index). > Recently, there was a media/congressional frenzy because the general > public first learned that the SSDI existed. In response, it seems as > though all of the sites hosting it dropped it, except for Ancestry. > So in reality, you can complain to the sites that dropped it, or you > can complain to your congressman (better yet). But complaining about > Ancestry isn't really valid. > On Apr 2, 2012, at 2:00 PM, [email protected] [1] wrote: > > I agree with you both, Marvin and Max. Less free sites are > available every week. > > > > > > [email protected] [2] > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Max Burgdorf > > To: baden-wurttemberg > > Sent: Mon, Apr 2, 2012 1:53 pm > > Subject: Re: [BW] Soc Sec Deaths > > > > > > > > My sentiments exactly. I am not a professional geneaologist, just > a > > enealogy hobbiest and I have noted over the recent past that many > of > > he sites I went to I now have to log into Ancestry.com. Much of > their > > free stuff" is but a lure to get you to sign up. An example is > there > > urrent posting of the 1940 census. Not too long ago the annual fee > > as $200 and it is now is $300. Ancestry is obviously trying to > > orner the genealogy information market. > > BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } > > On Mon 02/04/12 13:33 , "Marvin Hoerig" [email protected] [5] > sent: > > Why must I now pay to look at the Social Security Death Records ? > > hen did Ancestry grab this previously free resource up? It looks > > ike Ancestry is going to be the one and only source for > genealogical > > esearch online before long. Aren't there a laws concerning > monopoly ? > > Marvin Hoerig in WI > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] [6] [1] with the word > > unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > essage > > > > inks: > > ----- > > 1] [email protected] [7] > > > > ------------------------------ > > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] [8] > > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of > > he message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] [9] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > Chris Smolinski > Black Cat Systems > http://www.blackcatsystems.com [10] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] [11] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > Links: > ------ > [1] mailto:[email protected] > [2] mailto:[email protected] > [3] mailto:[email protected] > [4] mailto:[email protected] > [5] mailto:[email protected] > [6] mailto:[email protected] > [7] mailto:[email protected] > [8] mailto:[email protected] > [9] mailto:[email protected] > [10] http://www.blackcatsystems.com > [11] mailto:[email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message