(This really belongs on the DISCUSS List) They do. (Sort of?) Look at FreeBMD's Home Page for the sponsors. Website hosted by The Bunker. Archive CD Books help with the scanning. Ancestry.co.uk (and I don't mean the advert at the very top of the page...) appear next. They get the data (belatedly) in return for sponsoring us, and their having the data also lifts a lot of the load from FreeBMD's servers, which must be worth a lot. And at the bottom of the page appears the strapline: FreeBMD is kindly sponsored by RootsWeb, www.Ancestry.co.uk and The Bunker One of the Trustees will be able to give a more complete answer I am sure. -- Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Harding" <ejh99@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:26 PM Subject: Ancestry and FreeBMD > Am I missing something here. > I subscribe to and use Ancestry every day for work on several family > trees. > It is excellent for census data but useless for BMD. > On the other hand I turn to FreeBMD when I have a real problem and the > answer is not in > a census form. > Ancestry do not have a commercial product for BMD without access to > FreeBMD > FreeBMD on the other is not dependent on Ancestry. > So why can't FreeBMD charge Ancestry for the COMMERCIAL use of FreeBMD. > Ted