--=======52CD4846======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-30A67F7F; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I'm pleased to pass this on from the RootsWeb administration team. If you've tried the list archive lately, you'll have noticed that the archived messages only ran through the end of September. I hope now that they'll be updated. An increasing number of glitches have occurred with RootsWeb in recent months. RootsWeb, as many of you know, began life as a free, all-volunteer effort to build an online community for genealogists. But as the number of online newcomers increased exponentially, the need for additional hardware and bandwidth grew far beyond what RootsWeb's founders, Drs. Brian and Karen Leverich, could personally underwrite. (Fewer than 10% of RootsWeb users ever contributed.) RootsWeb survived by allowing itself to be acquired by Ancestry.com, which clearly wanted access to RootsWeb's user base. Unfortunately, it's increasingly evident that beyond acquisition of address lists, Ancestry has more interest in spamming RootsWeb users with fee-based subscription offers than in supporting RootsWeb's continued operations and growth. RootsWeb has become Ancestry's stepchild, in the worst sense. I make these comments not to diminish in any way the terrific contributions many generous individuals continue to make to keep RootsWeb running as well as it does -- but rather as a preface to explain why I have prepared a home for this list on another server should the interruptions of service and downtime continue. Chris ================================= [A message from RootsWeb to all list administrators] * ARCHIVER - Threaded archives After a technical hitch that has had the threaded archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ for our mailing lists in a restricted phase, RootsWeb is happy to say that issues are resolved. If you notice a problem, please bring it to the attention of the HelpDesk http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ ================================= Here's the direct link for our own archive: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/brooks-ne Chris --=======52CD4846======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-30A67F7F Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.309 / Virus Database: 170 - Release Date: 12/17/01 --=======52CD4846=======--