Janice, Well said. Just one correction. I am still able to access the wonderful Western North Carolina web site at: http://www.goldenbranches.com/nc-state/ This web site has been most useful to me. Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Pate" <grand_ma@hotmail.com> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 9:14 AM Subject: [GAUNION] Union & Fannin County GAGenweb sites - Cherokee County, NC > The Western North Carolina site is also gone (www.GoldenBranches.Com). It > covered Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Yancey and perhaps some > other counties.

Does anyone know Dianne Ramsey Miller's email address would love to see if she is connected to my great aunt Mary Jane Warlick that married William Ramsey and had a child named Roxie Ramsey that married Glen Coy Martin. Thanks Barbara LindaH4111@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 6/12/2004 9:37:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, lcunnin1@bellsouth.net writes: > Just one correction. I am still able to access the wonderful Western North > Carolina web site at: > > http://www.goldenbranches.com/nc-state/ > > This web site has been most useful to me. > And to me as well, Lynn. A marvelous site, and a prime example of what can be accomplished when one refuses to become involved in the "politics" of genealogy. Cudos to Dianne Miller, and to her contributors. Linda Murray Marietta ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at WyleneL@aol.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger

Dorothy... To get an idea of where Lower Young Cane is in relation to the county, check out the Union County website http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/ and scroll down to where it says "Union County District Map" and the "Union County Highway Map". Click on both of them...they'll both give you an idea of the general location of the district. Martha Clement

Hello Barbara I don`t know I am working on my husbands family, His GGGrandfather lived their in 1850 his name was David Young born in 1802. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Bedgood" <babib@charter.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [GAUNION] Lower Young Cane District > Are you refering to the little town which use to be called Youngstown? > That's where some of my family originated from?? > Dorothy----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy Brewer" <casper04@bellsouth.net> > To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 11:36 PM > Subject: [GAUNION] Lower Young Cane District > > > > Hello could someone send me directions from Blairsville GA. to Lower > Young Cane in Union County Dorothy > > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > > WyleneL@aol.com > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Bravo Solomon!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <solrich@juno.com> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:08 AM Subject: Fw: Re: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? > DEBBIE WOOLF: > For your information, the message I sent to you with a copy to > CAT's address < cat@tds.net > was returned as "unknown." That means, of > course, that she no longer uses that address. I have no idea how to get > in touch with her. > Yes, I have heard of about some of this controversy. There are > all sorts of understandings and/or misunderstandings about the situation, > but I think the bottom line is: Somebody is greedy and wants to make a > buck off other people's hard work. > SOLOMON HOWARD RICH > ================================================================== > From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> > To: <solrich@juno.com> > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:09:37 -0700 > Subject: Re: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? > > Thank you Solomon, > Boy, I sure hate to see CAT give up her site. There is a current > controversy among GENWEB and US GEN > WEB or some such groups. One has joined up with Ancestry.com and soon > the info. will only be available by > subscriptions. Many, many things that were donated by people are being > used (I understand) unless it > specifically forbid it. > > I know of several county sites which were pulled and are awaiting new > homes. There is a group looking to re- > establish the free database. Because of this and the possibility of the > info. being 'charged' they simply chose to > pull the pages. As I understood it, the problem was there was some sort > of permission given that if it was on > their site it came THEIR COPYRIGHT and then the other sites would be > charged, even though that's where > the source came from in the beginning. > > It's truly a mess, and I may not understand it completely or > accurately..but the way I'm describing it is as I > understood it. I do have an email from a reputable person about it if you > have any interest. > > For now, I hope it all remains fee. That's what it was intended to be > when people donated. I know I have > some cemetery info. I have given, and census info. along the way that I > never intended to be a paid source. > I believe it is protected by the statement it is my work (at some sites) > and can not be used without my > permission. I certainly don't want someone to make a profit out of my > time (that I took walking and writing) > in those cemeteries. > > For now, thanks, hope my message wasn't too boring. > Debbie > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

DEBBIE WOOLF: For your information, the message I sent to you with a copy to CAT's address < cat@tds.net > was returned as "unknown." That means, of course, that she no longer uses that address. I have no idea how to get in touch with her. Yes, I have heard of about some of this controversy. There are all sorts of understandings and/or misunderstandings about the situation, but I think the bottom line is: Somebody is greedy and wants to make a buck off other people's hard work. SOLOMON HOWARD RICH ================================================================== From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> To: <solrich@juno.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:09:37 -0700 Subject: Re: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? Thank you Solomon, Boy, I sure hate to see CAT give up her site. There is a current controversy among GENWEB and US GEN WEB or some such groups. One has joined up with Ancestry.com and soon the info. will only be available by subscriptions. Many, many things that were donated by people are being used (I understand) unless it specifically forbid it. I know of several county sites which were pulled and are awaiting new homes. There is a group looking to re- establish the free database. Because of this and the possibility of the info. being 'charged' they simply chose to pull the pages. As I understood it, the problem was there was some sort of permission given that if it was on their site it came THEIR COPYRIGHT and then the other sites would be charged, even though that's where the source came from in the beginning. It's truly a mess, and I may not understand it completely or accurately..but the way I'm describing it is as I understood it. I do have an email from a reputable person about it if you have any interest. For now, I hope it all remains fee. That's what it was intended to be when people donated. I know I have some cemetery info. I have given, and census info. along the way that I never intended to be a paid source. I believe it is protected by the statement it is my work (at some sites) and can not be used without my permission. I certainly don't want someone to make a profit out of my time (that I took walking and writing) in those cemeteries. For now, thanks, hope my message wasn't too boring. Debbie

Are you refering to the little town which use to be called Youngstown? That's where some of my family originated from?? Dorothy----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Brewer" <casper04@bellsouth.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 11:36 PM Subject: [GAUNION] Lower Young Cane District > Hello could someone send me directions from Blairsville GA. to Lower Young Cane in Union County Dorothy > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Dorothy From the red light at KFC and McDonalds on 515 w. turn left at the Chamber of Commerce this is old 76. Go past Sears on the left and continue about 5 miles until you see the Jones Creek Voting building at the intersection of Jones Creek Rd. and 76 the that area is known as Lower Young Cane. Another longer route from the red light above continue on 515- 4 lane west to the "Shell Station" on the right and turn left then to the next intersection old 76 turn left the voting district is about 3 miles ahead on your right. jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Brewer" <casper04@bellsouth.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 11:36 PM Subject: [GAUNION] Lower Young Cane District > Hello could someone send me directions from Blairsville GA. to Lower Young Cane in Union County Dorothy > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello could someone send me directions from Blairsville GA. to Lower Young Cane in Union County Dorothy

DEBBIE WOOLF: That < www.ancestraldesigns.com > was a copyrighted creation of CAROL ANN TINDELL "C.A.T." She had grave sites and most of the census records under that address. I obtained a great deal of information from it while it was on there, but for some reason in the year 2002 she removed it and this new group took over, but they do not have as much information as "C.A.T." did. I never did find out why she took it off the Internet for UNION COUNTY and surrounding counties. The last e-mail I had from "C.A.T." was dated Tuesday, November 2, 2002 where she attached the huge file on the 1850 census for Union County. Her e-mail address on that last e-mail was < cat@tds.net >. I do not know if it is her current address now. I am sending a copy of this e-mail to that address to see if she responds. This is for your information and I hope it helps. SOLOMON HOWARD RICH =========================================== From: "Barbara Ann" <seawolf@selfroots.com> To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:57:30 -0700 Subject: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? Hi, Debbie! This is Barbara, co-host of the site that Linda mentioned. We've hosted the Union site since the spring of 2002. It's very different from the old site, but most of the records are there. We were asked to remove the old Grave Database, but there is a link to a volunteer who can do lookups in the book that those pages were taken from... We didn't host Fannin, but for now, it is up for adoption, and the pages have been removed. The GAGenWeb went through a structural reorganization this past week, and some people decided to remove their counties. You may find something if you go directly to www.ancestraldesigns.com (not sure) Barbara seawolf@selfroots.com, http://www.selfroots.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~selfsite http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/album2/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/seekers/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/record/index.htm http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~selffam/lighthouses/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/daddy/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncclay http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamurray http://www.rootsweb.com/~txking LISTSERVS: Location: Murray County, GA--Bossier Parish, LA--Clay County, NC--Erath County, TX--King County, TX Surname: Bishop--Breeze--Brezee--Cease--Eden--Edens--Outred--Salazar--Schneggenbur ger --Self--Snackenberg--Snackenberger--Swindle--Varian ==================================================== From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? I don't think that's the same site, is it? =========================================================== From: "Roy & Linda Garrett" <lrgarrett@alltel.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/ ================================================ From: Debbie Woolf To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:15 AM Subject: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? Can anyone tell me what happened to www.ancestraldesigns.com/fannin and union sites?

Hi, Debbie! This is Barbara, co-host of the site that Linda mentioned. We've hosted the Union site since the spring of 2002. It's very different from the old site, but most of the records are there. We were asked to remove the old Grave Database, but there is a link to a volunteer who can do lookups in the book that those pages were taken from... We didn't host Fannin, but for now, it is up for adoption, and the pages have been removed. The GAGenWeb went through a structural reorganization this past week, and some people decided to remove their counties. You may find something if you go directly to www.ancestraldesigns.com (not sure) Barbara seawolf@selfroots.com http://www.selfroots.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~selfsite http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/album2/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/seekers/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/record/index.htm http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~selffam/lighthouses/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~selffam/daddy/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncclay http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamurray http://www.rootsweb.com/~txking LISTSERVS: Location: Murray County, GA--Bossier Parish, LA--Clay County, NC--Erath County, TX--King County, TX Surname: Bishop--Breeze--Brezee--Cease--Eden--Edens--Outred--Salazar--Schneggenburger --Self--Snackenberg--Snackenberger--Swindle--Varian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? > I don't think that's the same site, is it? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roy & Linda Garrett" <lrgarrett@alltel.net> > To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:07 AM > Subject: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Debbie Woolf > > To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:15 AM > > Subject: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? > > > > > > can anyone tell me what happened to www.ancestraldesigns.com/fannin and > > union sites? > > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > > WyleneL@aol.com > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > > If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at > > WyleneL@aol.com > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I don't think that's the same site, is it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy & Linda Garrett" <lrgarrett@alltel.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Debbie Woolf > To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:15 AM > Subject: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? > > > can anyone tell me what happened to www.ancestraldesigns.com/fannin and > union sites? > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Woolf To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:15 AM Subject: [GAUNION] where is the ancestral sites? can anyone tell me what happened to www.ancestraldesigns.com/fannin and union sites? ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political/religious statements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact WyleneL@aol.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Debbie, I was wondering about Ancestral Designs myself but here is a Union County URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/ It may not be what you are looking for but it is a good one. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > can anyone tell me what happened to www.ancestraldesigns.com/fannin and > union sites?

can anyone tell me what happened to www.ancestraldesigns.com/fannin and union sites?

BENNY COLLINS; "BO" CONLEY; JOE DILLARD; TONYA KRAYNAK; PRESLEY RICH; CAROLYN SAMS (Murphy); and MARY TWIGGS: I am forwarding the e-mail shown below to each of you. If any of you can help Rose Birdwell in making cemetery surveys in the Blairsville/Murphy area, get in touch with her at her e-mail address shown in her message. You won't get paid, but you might have some fun doing these surveys. She makes pictures of each headstone in a cemetery and then posts the cemetery on the Internet. She has made several of these surveys in Union County and surrounding counties. You people are the only ones I have on my mailing list that live in Union County and Murphy. If I lived closer I would volunteer, but I am pretty old to be thrashing around in cemeteries. But I am 240 miles away, living in Charlotte, NC, so I cannot be much help to Rose. Best regards to all of you.. SOLOMON HOWARD RICH ==================================================== From: Virginia Crilley <varcsix@hot.rr.com> To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 15:26:53 -0500 Subject: [GAUNION] Fwd: Request from Rose @ Cemetery Surveys, Inc. I hope someone in this neighborhood can work with Rose on this survey. Please pass it along to anyone you may know who lives in that area. Their cemetery work helps all of us! ==================================================== Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 12:54:53 -0600 From: Rosebirdwell1@aol.com Subject: Request from Rose @ Cemetery Surveys, Inc. Hi all, I am in need of a companion in the Murphy/Blairsville area to go cemeterying with me. It's hot and dirty work, and the pay is lousy ($0.00 per hour), but the benefits of helping other genealogists find their loved ones is incredible. If anyone is interested, please contact me at the e-mail add. below. Thanks Rose Rose Birdwell, Murphy, NC President, Cemetery Surveys, Inc. rose@cemeterysurveysinc.com http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at WyleneL@aol.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I hope someone in this neighborhood can work with Rose on this survey. Please pass it along to anyone you may know who lives in that area. Their cemetery work helps all of us! >Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 12:54:53 -0600 >From: Rosebirdwell1@aol.com >Subject: Request from Rose @ Cemetery Surveys, Inc. > > >Hi all, I am in need of a companion in the Murphy/Blairsville area to go >cemeterying with me. It's hot and dirty work, and the pay is louzy ($0.00 >per hour), but the benefits of helping other genealogists find their loved >ones is incredible. >If anyone is interested, please contact me at the email add. below. >Thanks >Rose > > >Rose Birdwell, Murphy, NC >President, Cemetery Surveys, Inc. >rose@cemeterysurveysinc.com >http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com

This is a message I rec'd can you please explain why? Thanks, Nicia ----- Original Message ----- From: marsha mascarenas<mailto:marshae_1999@yahoo.com> To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [GAUNION] Ancestry World Tree Project Too bad many more people dont speak out as grand_ma has done....we should all cancel our subscriptions to Ancestry.com, urge those who are thinking of subscribing to FORGET it, and hope that they get the message that not everyone is out just for the "$'s" If no one subscribes, or renews, who can they charge....they can just sit and read the "free" work they have been given Nvsf29@aol.com<mailto:Nvsf29@aol.com> wrote:In a message dated 5/5/2004 6:34:40 AM EST, grand_ma@hotmail.com<mailto:grand_ma@hotmail.com> writes: << MyFamily.Com has some really smart marketing managers - they got suckers like you and I to do the research, transcribe records, and now they can legally steal it and resell it. Janice Pate Now this is telling it like it is..... ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at WyleneL@aol.com<mailto:WyleneL@aol.com> ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237<http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237> --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at WyleneL@aol.com<mailto:WyleneL@aol.com> ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237<http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237>

In a message dated 5/6/2004 1:00:37 AM Central Standard Time, GAUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > What is being SOLD is a subscription to an advanced search feature that > will match data from the free (still free) family trees and that found in other > pay databases and census records at Ancestry and present it to the subscriber > in a neatly stitched together package -- taking the work out of the > searching and matching. > > What is being SOLD is CONVENIENCE and not the trees. The trees are still > free to submit and free to search and match using the same tools that have > always been part of the program. Nothing has changed in that regard. > > This may be true, but I sure hope they realize now what will happen when they do start charging, which they may sometime. Wylene

Ancestry.com provides a very large database of FREE genealogy information. They also provide a very large. but seperate, database that they charge for. They have transcribed many books, journals, newspapers, etc that we would never be able to ordinarilly see. They have to PAY people to do this for them. It is not free to them. It only stands to reason that they should recover hteir costs from the people who benefit from their investment. Accusing them for charging for their service is like getting mad at your local car dealer for not giving you a car free. What they get for free - you get for free. What they have to pay for - you have to pay for. Where's the problem?