In a message dated 8/31/2007 3:58:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, sarabtarpley@gmail.com writes: << The cached URL made it look as if Ancestry owned the material. >> ---- The cached pages were the original pages and were not altered to make it appear they were Ancestry-owned at all. There was a bold blue link and header up top that clearly told you this was a CACHED page and that you could access the LIVE page by clicking the link. Originally (but only for the first few hours the collection was displayed) the tool--the search engine--was for the use of Ancestry subscribers. Then it was opened freely to everyone. << Actually I am not sure that the tab was there at the start because I certainly did not see it till later.>> ---- It was definitely there from the very beginning. << Surely you can disagree with those of us who were upset without impugning us. I have researched a geographic subgroup of my maiden name for eleven years and have had a Web site for most of that time. I have a database, with sources, both on my own site and on Rootsweb. I have helped many, many people find their ancestors and have provided text reports by e-mail that contain all of my research notes, including record transcriptions. I have sent many copies of documents by snail mail and have never asked for one penny of compensation. I have posted answers on many query boards. I currently moderate a very active Yahoo group of Binkley researchers. I find what is obviously my research all over Rootsweb. I don't think that anyone who knows me would accuse me of screaming "mine, mine, mine." [It is true that I am protective of my brief biographical essays, which are my own creative work.] >> ---- But isn't the goal to help as many people as possible FIND the information you are providing for other genealogists? To me, that is the purpose of doing the work. I couldn't care less HOW people find it, only that they do and that it is useful to them. When a new tool is presented that helps people FIND bios they never were able to locate before--and I have to say I found a few I'd not located with the previously existing search engines during the brief incarnation of Ancestry's new patented search tool. << When we first saw what Ancestry had done, it was very confusing. >> --- I will grant you that the launch of the new tool COULD have been better explained and described. I'm not sure, however, that the naysayers would have been any less vocal had that been the case. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour