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]