They own Rootsweb. Ellie Warsaw MO. -----Original Message----- From: brown-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brown-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jessie Davis Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 6:15 PM To: brown@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BROWN] Uploads (?) to ancestry IMHO.....Ancestry TOOK all of the info that was downloaded to Rootsweb by people who contributed it to a free site which was all of our family info........they took it and started charging for it. What gall! I and many others have NEVER and would never upload to Ancestry. At 01:40 PM 12/15/2009, you wrote: >If you upload information to Ancestry.com, of course they're going to use it. >If you don't like your information being used by Ancestry, don't upload it to >Ancestry. > >Most of what's free at Ancestry.com has been uploaded by users, so blame other >users for the errors, not Ancestry.com. At least in the case of >RootsWebWorldConnect / AncestryWorldTrees (same database, different >interface), >you can add Postems supplying the correct information for any errors you find. > >Most of what's really valuable at Ancestry.com requires a paid subscription to >access. It's not a question of knowing, ahead of time, where to >look. Whatever >they have, their search engine will find, provided you try enough spelling >variations of the name. > >Most of their databases will allow you to add a correction to the index, so it >behooves all of us to add the standard spelling for names that are >misspelled in >the index, as an aid to future workers. Some indices will even >allow you to add >a comment to, for example, indicate the correct relationships in a >census record >that is, on the face of it, misleading (e.g., that a young boy is a >nephew, not >a son). > >If you see a fellow genealogist is in error, don't complain about it, correct >them. The more we share our information, the faster we will all advance. > >All IMO, of course, >Diana > > > -----Original Message----- ><snip> > > > > I am not very good at Ancestry and avoid like the plague to put any > > information on line at their site. They love to use every > > bit of it and some is incorrect! Maybe you have an idea where to > > look on Ancestry that I have missed. > > ><snip> > > > > Nora > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.716 / Virus Database: 270.14.110/2568 - Release Date: 12/16/09 02:02:00