I use Gedlink and I recommend that you invest in Norton Internet Security. Gedlink works on you sharing a directory with your gedcom file in it. Which you would need to update everytime you made changes. I have asked Gedlink on several ocassions about security with this method of sharing and what keeps someone from hacking into other areas of your hard drive. On their FAQ page http://www.gedlink.com/web/en/support/faq.asp Nothing addresses security, Gedlink has tried to assure me that their software prevents this....sure just as Microsoft prevented those from accessing Outlook and most recently Windows XP. The following is from their FAQ page. What does GedLink do with my data? When you share a Gedcom file, GEDLINK analyzes the information. It then sends a summary of this information to the directory. The summarized information contains: first name, family name, year of birth and death, place of birth and death. This information automatically remains in the directory as long as you keep your files shared in Gedlink. The comments, precise dates, family ties and any other information are neither summarized nor sent to the GedLink directory. What are the avantages of GedLink? With GedLink, your genealogy data remains on your own PC. GedLink allows you to share your updated files! You retain complete control over the use of your Gedcom files. GedLink facilitates the extraction of parts of Gedcom files and their exchange among members. GedLink is international, multilingual and patented! Sincerely, D.R. "Doc" Begnal-Young - FREE Advice/Assistance with Computer, Hardware, Software or Internet Problems - www.2computerguys.com/contactus.html Computer/Hardware/Software/Internet Problems - Virus Information/Tips/Free Virus Protection - www.2computerguys.com/computers/ Additional Sites for Fire Fighters, Medical, Safety, Law Enforcement, Adoption, Photography - www.2computerguys.com/contactus.html#sitemap Genealogy-Begnal-Blaskow/Blasko/Belasco-Perry Pereria Cardoso-Wilson - www.2computerguys.com/lineage/ Owen Berio wrote: > I'm also interested in GedLink. Yesterday I received a message asking that > I join. I looked at their web site and although there wasn't any fees > associated with their service they must have some device for generating > financing. They do have a staff. There site is suggestive that not > everything is free, but they don't elaborate. > Owen Berio (Beriault, Beriau) > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

It sounds like the music sharing networks, ie Napster. It makes me nervous. When my kids had one of those on the computer you could see when someone was downloading from your computer. Doc, what family names are you researching in New Haven? I think I just pulled up your family file on one of the genealogy servers the other day. Maybe Geneanet? MaryLynn --- "D.R. Doc Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Gedlink and I recommend that you invest in > Norton Internet Security. Gedlink > works on you sharing a directory with your gedcom > file in it. Which you would need > to update everytime you made changes. I have asked > Gedlink on several ocassions > about security with this method of sharing and what > keeps someone from hacking into > other areas of your hard drive. On their FAQ page > http://www.gedlink.com/web/en/support/faq.asp > Nothing addresses security, > Gedlink has tried to assure me that their software > prevents this....sure just as > Microsoft prevented those from accessing Outlook and > most recently Windows XP. The > following is from their FAQ page. > > What does GedLink do with my data? > > When you share a Gedcom > file, GEDLINK analyzes the > information. It then sends a > summary of this information > to the directory. The summarized > information contains: > first name, family name, > year of birth and death, place of > birth and death. This > information automatically > remains in the directory as long > as you keep your files > shared in Gedlink. The > comments, precise dates, family ties > and any other information > are neither summarized nor > sent to the GedLink directory. > > What are the avantages of GedLink? > > With GedLink, your genealogy > data remains on your own PC. > GedLink allows you to > share your updated files! > You retain complete control over > the use of your Gedcom > files. GedLink facilitates > the extraction of parts of Gedcom > files and their exchange > among members. GedLink is > international, multilingual and > patented! > > Sincerely, > > D.R. "Doc" Begnal-Young - FREE Advice/Assistance > with Computer, Hardware, Software > or Internet Problems - > www.2computerguys.com/contactus.html > > Computer/Hardware/Software/Internet Problems - Virus > Information/Tips/Free Virus > Protection - > www.2computerguys.com/computers/ > > Additional Sites for Fire Fighters, Medical, Safety, > Law Enforcement, Adoption, > Photography - > www.2computerguys.com/contactus.html#sitemap > > Genealogy-Begnal-Blaskow/Blasko/Belasco-Perry > Pereria Cardoso-Wilson - > www.2computerguys.com/lineage/ > > > Owen Berio wrote: > > > I'm also interested in GedLink. Yesterday I > received a message asking that > > I join. I looked at their web site and although > there wasn't any fees > > associated with their service they must have some > device for generating > > financing. They do have a staff. There site is > suggestive that not > > everything is free, but they don't elaborate. > > Owen Berio (Beriault, Beriau) > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send messages with attachments, > HTML, MIME, or any other > > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not > allow messages with those > > settings through their servers and will only > return them to you. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? > Send her an email > at <[email protected]>. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com