I'm sorry to see this go - - - have really enjoyed hearing about possible relatives although I have not really been able to connect with any Michigan people. I am remembering Disbrow-Isham reunions as a child, in Michigan, but have not had any recent Michigan connections. Elaine Lane (Grandfather's mother was a Disbrow from the Plainfield, MI area) > [Original Message] > From: Michael Disbrow <dizzynorth@gmail.com> > To: Disbrow Mailing List <DISBROW@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/13/2009 8:11:22 AM > Subject: [DISBROW] Geocities websites closing > > >From - Mike Disbrow, listowner > > I got a message from Yahoo! that they will be closing their Geocities > websites later this year. I guess that means the Disbrow Family Website > will disappear, along with thousands of others. I think that stinks, but > there's nothing we can do. It's been a freebie from the beginning and I > suppose what Yahoo! giveth it can also taketh away. > > At this point I'm not sure I'm going to open a new Disbrow website, but I'm > not ruling it out either. I've thought some about looking into the > "freepages" at Rootsweb; I've looked at some of those and they seem okay. I > wonder if anyone on our Disbrow list has had any experience with those > Rootsweb pages and might give me a critique - good or bad. Easy to work > with (for a non-tech guy like me)? > > Your suggestions are welcome. I can't say what I'll end up doing, but I'll > consider the options. > > Mike > > -- > Beware of a man with only one book. ~English Proverb > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message