Picked up this bit of information about the new system of email now provided by Ancestry.com. I thought some people would be interested. Sandra =================== FREE ANCESTRY.COM EMAIL ACCOUNTS Ancestry.com started providing free email accounts over a month ago. Since that time, hundreds of individuals have started using free Ancestry.com email accounts for all of their family and genealogical correspondence. Every you send an e-mail message from an Ancestry.com account, the world knows you are a genealogist. People will be able to tell by looking at the e-mail address ([email protected]). These accounts can be accessed right through your Internet browser. There's no need to buy any additional software or services. All you need is a connection to the World Wide Web. An Ancestry.com e-mail account also allows you to separate research correspondence from messages sent to another account. An e-mail account from Ancestry.com can also be used to help preserve your privacy as you correspond with other genealogists. Signing up for an Ancestry.com e-mail account is easy. Simply go to http://www.ancestry.com and click on "Ancestry Email" or go to http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/mail/createmail_instructions.asp to create your account. Your account provides many advanced features similar to those supported by many stand-alone e-mail programs. For instance, you can create e-mail groups, add contacts to your address book, forward messages, send attachments, and even access multiple e-mail accounts. In order to activate your free e-mail account, you must be registered as either a guest or as a subscriber to Ancestry.com. Either process will provide you with a username and password you can use to activate your free e-mail account. To create a free guest account at Ancestry.com, go to the following URL: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/signup/freeaccount.asp Registering for your guest account gives you access to all of the free services provided by Ancestry.com, which now include e-mail accounts. If you haven't created your free Ancestry.com e-mail account yet, now is your chance. Visit Ancestry.com today to set up your free e-mail account.