In a message dated 10/11/2006 11:16:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, jasche45133@gmail.com writes: It does say ... Note: These boards will not be part of the current RootsWeb/Ancestry.com >board setup. Stay tuned for more news. So my guess is that this is something special just for German speaking people. I have no doubt that other languages will soon follow. J. Asche Correct---there would be no reason to notify admins (specifically) of the RootsWeb/Ancestry boards when these new German boards are not part of the same system. It would be the equivalent of notifying us if there was going to be a change made at GenForum. All same ownership--but different board systems. I would guess this is all part of Ancestry's push to become more Internationally oriented--which is a good thing! Joan