rosdavies.com [http://rosdavies.com/] This is the new url for Ros Davies renowned website on Ireland and particularly County Down. It used to be on Rootsweb Freepages which have drifted into nowhere (Ancestry may want to note what they have made their customers lose). Bryan

Thanks Ralph for this timely reminder, There's a Wikipedia here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation which is quite long. As you state the ruling concerns living people only. It includes Names as well as bigraphical and life events data. But I wonder if this statement lets us out as family website owners, Data Protectors, I think the EU would call us:- the last line of this section "The following cases are not covered by the regulation:[21] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation#cite_note-32016R0679-21] * Lawful interception, national security, the army, the police, justice * Statistical and scientific analysis * Deceased persons are subject to national legislation * There is a dedicated law on employer-employee relationships * Processing of personal data by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity" I only have some UK Living and they are mostly invisible, but I'll do a check. And the UK will be out of it in a few years! But those of you who have living people in other countries of the EU perhaps should check. I believe it also concerns the transfer of EU peoples data to other countries as well. But I hasten to add I'm no expert. Bryan, NZ On 17-May-18 8:36:18 AM, Ralph Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: I haven't seen it mentioned here before, but there's a significant development about to take effect on May 25. That development is the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which "protects" the privacy of EU residents. Anyone who's published any data (including name) on the Web about living EU residents should make themselves aware of these new rules. -rt_/) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

I haven't seen it mentioned here before, but there's a significant development about to take effect on May 25. That development is the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which "protects" the privacy of EU residents. Anyone who's published any data (including name) on the Web about living EU residents should make themselves aware of these new rules. -rt_/)

I know that Freepages is "Free" but it's not much help if it's not working going on 6 months now. I don't know what to do about World Family Tree except keep on waiting. It certainly doesn't seem to be priority and I really have no easy way to place my 23 years of research anywhere else. However, I finally decided to go with GoDaddy for my other Freepages site. I prepaid for 3 years at $5/month ($180) and got a free domain name. Their customer support is great and I'm happy. I don't understand what is going on with the Freepages sites. Vanessa --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

At 09:28 AM 5/16/2018, Larry Ferguson wrote: >Hello, >Can you give me an update on progress you are making on restoring my >content about our family history and excerpts from my late father's >book, Duncan Ferguson of Yarmouth, His Times and Descendants. This is what we were told in March: <https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/QYSLUI3KPJX46WFE265NJIPXYKMATZQ6/> We haven't heard anything more since then. Pat Asher

Hi Billie, I am about as fed up with this situation as everybody. I wrote to: [email protected] and never even received a reply. Thought it was rather rude. Sorry I vented. Best regards, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Billie Walsh Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 08:51 To: [email protected] Subject: [FreeHelp]Re: fergusonyarmouth Two things. 1.) We know nothing more than you do. We are no happier with the situation than you are. 2.) Writing directly to Rootsweb/Ancestry is like talking to a fence post. Well, maybe three things. 3.) This is a peer support group. I seriously doubt it is monitored by anyone connected with the current situation. If it is they aren't telling us anything. On 05/16/2018 08:28 AM, Larry Ferguson wrote: > Hello, > > > Can you give me an update on progress you are making on restoring my > content about our family history and excerpts from my late father's book, > Duncan Ferguson of Yarmouth, His Times and Descendants. > > > I was disappointed recently to learn that this valuable material was no > longer available on the web. > > I greatly appreciated the privilege of having the historical essays on > Freepages. The authors of the original material were John Norman Ferguson > and Malcolm S Ferguson. Both are long deceased and any copyrights are > mine. > > > Are you working to bring them back online? > > > Larry Ferguson > > Barrie, Ontario > > > > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > -- There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Two things. 1.) We know nothing more than you do. We are no happier with the situation than you are. 2.) Writing directly to Rootsweb/Ancestry is like talking to a fence post. Well, maybe three things. 3.) This is a peer support group. I seriously doubt it is monitored by anyone connected with the current situation. If it is they aren't telling us anything. On 05/16/2018 08:28 AM, Larry Ferguson wrote: > Hello, > > > Can you give me an update on progress you are making on restoring my content about our family history and excerpts from my late father's book, Duncan Ferguson of Yarmouth, His Times and Descendants. > > > I was disappointed recently to learn that this valuable material was no longer available on the web. > > I greatly appreciated the privilege of having the historical essays on Freepages. The authors of the original material were John Norman Ferguson and Malcolm S Ferguson. Both are long deceased and any copyrights are mine. > > > Are you working to bring them back online? > > > Larry Ferguson > > Barrie, Ontario > > > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community > -- There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order.

Hello, Can you give me an update on progress you are making on restoring my content about our family history and excerpts from my late father's book, Duncan Ferguson of Yarmouth, His Times and Descendants. I was disappointed recently to learn that this valuable material was no longer available on the web. I greatly appreciated the privilege of having the historical essays on Freepages. The authors of the original material were John Norman Ferguson and Malcolm S Ferguson. Both are long deceased and any copyrights are mine. Are you working to bring them back online? Larry Ferguson Barrie, Ontario

You didn't tell us how much your shift to a paid server cost you. Freepages costs nothing. You'll have to do better to beat that. We'll wait, because I'm sure Freepages won't drop us as is evidenced by the continued re-instatement of their various services. Your original posting is full of platitudes. You might have got some free advertising from your posting, but it doesn't contribute much more than advertising to the discussion. I note yet that you haven't replied to Patsy Domingo's posting asking a price for your website. B

I have copied this to Freepages Help mailing list also.  Has anyone had any experience with this (paid) hosting site based in New Zealand where I am? https://kiwitrees.net/services/hosting/ [https://kiwitrees.net/services/hosting/] The prices there are in NZ dollars - 1NZ$ = .50c US. I hate sites which determine your cost on data amounts, which this does. I know a bit about gigs and mbs - kbs are gone! But it's a saga to know how big your family file is, including images, docs etc, let alone including the actual list of names. For Freepages listers: I don't really mind waiting for Rootsweb to accept us back into the fold. Anyway comments on this website would be appreciated. Bryan

At 10:53 AM 4/15/2018, hutley wrote: >Good morning List, > >I wrote to the above individual requesting >information about our Freepages at Rootsweb.com. >It appears that my questions don’t warrant an >answer since I am not an Ancestry member. I get >the impression that as long they have control >over our websites they don't care how we feel. >Fortunately there are other site where one can upload a website to. > >I would appreciate receiving a reply from >someone. Has anybody tried to contact Ancestry and what were the results? > >Thank you for your help, Heidi, We have been told that web sites are next on the todo list, after the mailing lists are completed. See <https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/QYSLUI3KPJX46WFE265NJIPXYKMATZQ6/> Pat A.

Good morning List, I wrote to the above individual requesting information about our Freepages at Rootsweb.com. It appears that my questions don’t warrant an answer since I am not an Ancestry member. I get the impression that as long they have control over our websites they don't care how we feel. Fortunately there are other site where one can upload a website to. I would appreciate receiving a reply from someone. Has anybody tried to contact Ancestry and what were the results? Thank you for your help, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily

there is a copy of it here and you can link to it. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303183203/http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/    Nancy

Good evening, Ancestry new CEO e-address confirmed as [email protected] Caroline ____ "Tilberia" http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury "TheTilbury Magazine" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmtilbury/ttm/ttm_frontpage.html Every path has its puddle. Life has no reverse gear. NB: an e-mail message remains the Intellectual Property of the sender; traffic on this e-mail server may be normally subject to UK and French copyright law. -----E-mail d'origine----- De : TilburyCM via FREEPAGES-HELP <[email protected]> A: freepages-help <[email protected]> Cc: TilburyCM <[email protected]> Envoyé le : Lu, 2 Avr 2018 11:20 Sujet : [FreeHelp]Re: Email address for ancestry Good morning, and Happy Easter everyone, Heidi, this page normally supplies CEO contact e-addresses, but an update is needed (I just sent a request). Try [email protected] ? https://www.ceoemail.com/s.php?id=ceo-78106 "Howard Hochhauser, the company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2009 and Chief Operating Officer since 2012, will assume the role of interim CEO as the company conducts a search for a permanent replacement." https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/ancestry-ceo-tim-sullivan-stepping-down If HH is only interim CEO, who really decided on the changes? Caroline ____ Every path has its puddle. Life has no reverse gear. NB: an e-mail message remains the Intellectual Property of the sender; traffic on this e-mail server may be normally subject to UK and French copyright law. -----E-mail d'origine----- De : hutley <[email protected]> A: freepages-help <[email protected]> Envoyé le : Sa, 31 Mar 2018 17:28 Sujet : [FreeHelp]Email address for ancestry Hi List, Does anybody have an email address for ancestry? Please let me know. Thank you, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily

Good morning, and Happy Easter everyone, Heidi, this page normally supplies CEO contact e-addresses, but an update is needed (I just sent a request). Try [email protected] ? https://www.ceoemail.com/s.php?id=ceo-78106 "Howard Hochhauser, the company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2009 and Chief Operating Officer since 2012, will assume the role of interim CEO as the company conducts a search for a permanent replacement." https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/ancestry-ceo-tim-sullivan-stepping-down If HH is only interim CEO, who really decided on the changes? Caroline ____ Every path has its puddle. Life has no reverse gear. NB: an e-mail message remains the Intellectual Property of the sender; traffic on this e-mail server may be normally subject to UK and French copyright law. -----E-mail d'origine----- De : hutley <[email protected]> A: freepages-help <[email protected]> Envoyé le : Sa, 31 Mar 2018 17:28 Sujet : [FreeHelp]Email address for ancestry Hi List, Does anybody have an email address for ancestry? Please let me know. Thank you, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily

Hi List, Does anybody have an email address for ancestry? Please let me know. Thank you, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: [email protected] URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily

You still have it. It will be available when Rootsweb comes back online. No word from Rootsweb when that will be yet. On 03/27/2018 06:27 AM, Michael Brennan wrote: > I used to have a Brennan website http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/ before Rootsweb shut down. When will I be able to see this website again? > > Regards > M Brennan > > >

I used to have a Brennan website http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/ before Rootsweb shut down. When will I be able to see this website again? Regards M Brennan

It was suggested that we ALL should be contacting them as often as possible. -- That's your interpretation, Billie. No one said that.

I've changed the title of the thread. PLEASE let's not start to and fro words.  I do agree with Judy. We have a free service. Ancestry are living up to their word in getting some services back. They have to bear any security issues while we sit on our couches. Conspiracy theorists keep out.  Even though I'm doing it this once I won't get into a back and forth answering session.  Let's wait and see. Update on Ancestry's/Rootswebs progress are here: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Instead of fatuous questions here, perhaps updating yourselves on that page will keep everyone happy and informed. There's no point scoring on this forum. Bryan