Jesse, I don't want to quibble, but I do take exception to your statement. Ancestry did buy rootsweb to keep it available. You can still search rootsweb free! The family trees that were there are still there and freely available. They can also be accessed from Ancestry.com. I just went to Rootsweb and typed in one of my ancestors names and got 2 pages of possible matches absolutely free! It is true that if you search through ancestry.com website, you will be asked to subscribe, but if you search through rootsweb, it is still free. Sheila ----- Original Message ----- From: Jessie Davis<mailto:jessied@snowcrest.net> To: brown@rootsweb.com<mailto:brown@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:14 PM 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<mailto:BROWN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The point is that rootsweb was free when people placed their information on the site. When the going got tough and people did not help rootsweb with 'donations' to help defray costs, ancestry jumped in and helped them really well. The information that people put up for free is now being 'sold' on the ancestry site...and I do believe that is what the people are talking about...yep, MHO. Now to make this a real BROWN post: Franklin BROWN lived in Wilmer AL, but supposedly was born in LA. He married Mary Ann PIERCE and had children: Alice, Sarah, Rosalie, Mary Ann, Isabella, Eliza...and possibly more that did not live to adulthood. When wife #1 died, Franklin married Susan Ann FOSTER and they produced: Alexander, Hager and Michael. All stayed in the surrounding area and most are buried at Allentown Cemetery in Semmes, AL and at Palestine Cemetery in Wilmer, AL. Would love to hear from anyone concerning this family. Dot On 12/17/2009 8:05 AM, Don & Sheila wrote: > Jesse, > I don't want to quibble, but I do take exception to your statement. Ancestry did buy rootsweb to keep it available. You can still search rootsweb free! The family trees that were there are still there and freely available. They can also be accessed from Ancestry.com. I just went to Rootsweb and typed in one of my ancestors names and got 2 pages of possible matches absolutely free! It is true that if you search through ancestry.com website, you will be asked to subscribe, but if you search through rootsweb, it is still free. > > Sheila > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jessie Davis<mailto:jessied@snowcrest.net> > To: brown@rootsweb.com<mailto:brown@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:14 PM > 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. > > > > > > > >