Hi everyone, Again, I'm sending this to all 17 of the discussion groups I coordinate. This is the latest update on Family Discovery.com ... Monday, 18 Sep, I received a message from Gene Olson, the man I spoke of in my last message who is assisting in the investigation of FamilyDiscovery.com. Gene has opened a website <http://gene_olson.tripod.com> for the express purpose of keeping everyone informed of what's happening re: the above. This is a site you will probably want to bookmark just so you can stay abreast. Most of you who have questions will certainly have them answered by visiting Gene's site. I spoke with him yesterday and he told me he'll keep the site updated as new information arrives to him. There, you'll find two toll-free numbers both of which, Gene has told me, you are free to call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, he also said that when the need for sleep arrives, they'll turn the phone ringers off. So, if you don't get an answer, simply try again later. (The second of the two toll-free numbers is connected to an answering machine; the first isn't.) CRITICAL: Physical evidence is desperately needed! If you are a webmaster/mistress whose site has been linked to by Family Discovery, please send Gene an affidavit stating what pages/documents, etc. is being "stolen" from your site, how many hours you invested in extracting the information from the original documents, and give the dollar value of your work (including setting up your pages). The purpose of this is to show the legal authorities the aggregate total of monetary worth Family Discovery is taking from all of you. If you already subscribed to Family Discovery, please do NOT feel so embarrassed that you refuse to say anything. YOU ARE _NOT_ ALONE IN THIS! Many people were taken in by their promotion, and you are just one of a group who now hold vital information to help get this company shut down and prosecuted! You have the physical evidence to prove you were scammed - that proof being a copy of your cancelled check or credit card statement. Did you receive one of the company's promotional emails? If so, you should know that FamilyDiscovery.com doesn't have an ISP like Geocities or Tripod; theirs is a private domain. However, messages of spam abuse, etc. can be forwarded WITH THE HEADERS to their originator of DNS Central <[email protected]>. Since this company already had one private domain and they were removed from it, I figure DNS Central was probably the ones who removed him and will be the same agency to do so again. The idea is to get enough messages to DNS Central that they have to keep moving that company - that sooner or later someone will get the message there and block him from service. Gene's site will have instructions online on how to send your message WITH THE HEADERS on it. This investigation cannot go forward unless we, as the genealogical community, come together and assist in this effort and help Gene. He told me he's received calls from all over, that people ARE helping. The idea now is not to let the ball slow down, but keep it going full force. We CAN do this if we all work together as one voice. But that physical proof has GOT to come forward. ...And, in case you're interested, Gene has a rear-shot photo of Elias Abodeeley on his website. If you can't believe all this is happening, I think you're going to be even more non-plussed once you see the picture and read the caption beneath. With Gene opening his pages, this will probably be my last update message to all of you unless something radical breaks loose. Otherwise, it's on to genealogy! :) If you wish to forward this message and/or my warning message of Monday, 17 Sep ... consider this my permission to do so for both. Colleen Pustola [email protected]