Rick -- Please settle one question on the SIMCOE list Who is Jeff Spencer? and What is the Genoom family tree program? ----- Original Message ----- From: "jejade thom" <jejade@yahoo.ca> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Fw: Jeff Spencer recommends you Genoom -create your family tree I think he sent it to everyone, as I got it as well. --- "Leslie C. Welfare" <leslie.welfare@sympatico.ca> wrote: > genoom E-Mail HTMLMuriel this just came and I > wondered if you know anything about it. I don't > know who he is and wonder how he got my e-addy. Any > info? > > Leslie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: genoom@genoom.com > To: leslie.welfare@sympatico.ca > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:27 PM > Subject: Jeff Spencer recommends you Genoom - create > your family tree > > > Hi, > > I'm using www.genoom.com, a new web to > build your family tree and participate with your > relatives. I think you might be interested, it's a > funny and original way to stay in touch. > > Genoom can help you create a meeting > point for you and your family, and allow you all to > discover, remember and share together the moments of > yesterday and today. > Your network will be private. Only > relatives who have been invited by you or by other > relatives could see the information of the tree. > > Regards, > Jeff Spencer > > NO-SPAM Policy > Jeff Spencer has sent this message > through Genoom. > We are committed to NOT USING, NOR > KEEPING your email for anything else other than this > recommendation. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

Hi Muriel, These "free" online family tree websites are popping up all over the internet. This one is produced by Midatel Tecnología, S.L. in Barcelona (Spain). We do caution list members to check out the details of any online family tree "software" where you add your personal family tree data to any online database. Nothing in life is "free". Insofar as there are real costs to designing and maintaining a database web site, supporting large amounts of server data storage space and internet bandwidth usage, it is unrealistic to believe that providers of such space do not need an economic model to cover those costs and provide a profit for shareholders of the company that owns the site -- in this case a registered commercial company. Economic models vary. Some eventually sell access to you data by subscription to others, others use the website content provided by users to attract internet traffic to paid advertising on their sites, and still others use online free offers to harvest email addresses and other contact info. One way or the other, revenue has to be generated for the business model to survive in the longer term. That said, make sure that you throroughly check out any online service before adding your personal data. Ask plenty of questions. Is or will the online entity resell your data either on a retail or wholesale basis? Does the user agreement license the site owner to control your contibuted info? Can you be blocked from your own data now or at any time in the future? Can you easily and permanently remove the data should you decide to? Will your contact info or email address be used for marketing purposes? We have no personal experience with "Genoom". It could be the best thing since sliced bread -- however I recommend due diligence prior to comitting your personal family data to any online service. Cheers Rick Roberts Global Genealogy & History Shoppe 43 Main Street South Campbellville, ON L0P1B0 www.GlobalGenealogy.com www.GlobalHeritagePress.com www.GlobalGazette.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "muriel m davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> To: "Rick Roberts, GlobalGenealogy.com Inc." <rick@globalgenealogy.com> Cc: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:25 PM Subject: Fw: Jeff Spencer recommends you Genoom -create your family tree > Rick -- Please settle one question on the SIMCOE list > > Who is Jeff Spencer? > and > What is the Genoom family tree program? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jejade thom" <jejade@yahoo.ca> > To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Fw: Jeff Spencer recommends you Genoom -create > your family tree > > > I think he sent it to everyone, as I got it as well. > > > --- "Leslie C. Welfare" <leslie.welfare@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > >> genoom E-Mail HTMLMuriel this just came and I >> wondered if you know anything about it. I don't >> know who he is and wonder how he got my e-addy. Any >> info? >> >> Leslie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: genoom@genoom.com >> To: leslie.welfare@sympatico.ca >> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:27 PM >> Subject: Jeff Spencer recommends you Genoom - create >> your family tree >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm using www.genoom.com, a new web to >> build your family tree and participate with your >> relatives. I think you might be interested, it's a >> funny and original way to stay in touch. >> >> Genoom can help you create a meeting >> point for you and your family, and allow you all to >> discover, remember and share together the moments of >> yesterday and today. >> Your network will be private. Only >> relatives who have been invited by you or by other >> relatives could see the information of the tree. >> >> Regards, >> Jeff Spencer >> >> NO-SPAM Policy >> Jeff Spencer has sent this message >> through Genoom. >> We are committed to NOT USING, NOR >> KEEPING your email for anything else other than this >> recommendation. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > >