I receceived the solicitation below from gedlink.com A quick tour of the site says very little. Before the site can be explored genlink software must be downloaded. Does anyone have experience re this site, a relevant comment? PS Apparently if you don't pay a fee, access volume is very restricted. However, you can't even signup unless the software is downloaded first. Perhaps at the end of signup there is an option to pay a fee and the fee is stated. Who knows. Olivier Hergault wrote: > Hello Doug, > > I saw on an Internet Page that you're looking for information about surnames like LORIG and I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to have a look at the GedLink Project. > > GedLink is a new project (started last May), whose aim is to connect people researching their family histories in a very simple and efficient way. > > Give GedLink a family name and instantly a world map appears, indicating the various locations around the world where someone has information about your name... > > Right now, more than 60,000 people in 62 countries are participating - sharing millions of names in a database you can search. > Most of the current participants come from Canada, France, Germany and we would like to invite more people in the U.S.,U.K., Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, to participate in this project. > > You can learn more about GedLink, why to participate and how to share your data at > www.gedlink.com <http://www.gedlink.com> I'm sure you'll find it easy to use. > > Feel free to contact me, > > Olivier Hergault > -GedLink Project- > P.S. > You may have seen information on becoming a paying member to support this project, > but there is no obligation. GedLink is basically FREE OF CHARGE. > GedLink is relatively new, so feel free to send us your comments and suggestions. We are constantly improving it !

Doug, I could be off base here, but at first glance it looks like Gedlink is a genealogy version of Napster. I would be interested in any response you might get from someone who has tried it. Christine Elkins Doug Urbanus wrote: > > I receceived the solicitation below from gedlink.com A quick tour of the site says very little. Before the site can be explored genlink software must be downloaded. Does anyone have experience re > this site, a relevant comment? PS Apparently if you don't pay a fee, access volume is very restricted. However, you can't even signup unless the software is downloaded first. Perhaps at the end > of signup there is an option to pay a fee and the fee is stated. Who knows. > > Olivier Hergault wrote: > > > Hello Doug, > > > > I saw on an Internet Page that you're looking for information about surnames like LORIG and I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to have a look at the GedLink Project. > > > > GedLink is a new project (started last May), whose aim is to connect people researching their family histories in a very simple and efficient way. > > > > Give GedLink a family name and instantly a world map appears, indicating the various locations around the world where someone has information about your name... > > > > Right now, more than 60,000 people in 62 countries are participating - sharing millions of names in a database you can search. > > Most of the current participants come from Canada, France, Germany and we would like to invite more people in the U.S.,U.K., Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, to participate in this project. > > > > You can learn more about GedLink, why to participate and how to share your data at > > www.gedlink.com <http://www.gedlink.com> I'm sure you'll find it easy to use. > > > > Feel free to contact me, > > > > Olivier Hergault > > -GedLink Project- > > P.S. > > You may have seen information on becoming a paying member to support this project, > > but there is no obligation. GedLink is basically FREE OF CHARGE. > > GedLink is relatively new, so feel free to send us your comments and suggestions. We are constantly improving it !