Thanks CAT, If anyone comes across a link to my web site from their "subscription" pages, please let me know. If they link or copy a few of our pages, let's sue the pants off them. Every thing I put on the web is free and copyrighted by myself, family or friends, with frequent admonitions about commercial use. Don My History Pages: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gosdin/> ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Ann Tindell <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 4:23 PM Subject: [GAUNION] WARNING!! New Gen. Website may be a Trap!!!! > Hello everyone on my Email Lists, > > We need to get the word out about a relatively new website that is > charging researchers for data that's normally 'free of charge'. > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/ > > BEFORE anyone signs up and pays to have access to 'their > databases'...consider this: > > It appears that they are merely linking back to copyrighted personal > websites with raw data and not all of them are really their own > databases. Their method is completely opposite of what you will find at > the very reputable website, ancestry.com, for example. They are > marketing it as a 'convenience' service to genealogy researchers. Some > of their information is found 'free of charge' elsewhere on the > internet. Whether this practice is lawful or not really isn't the > issue....is it ethical? > > I have alerted the owners of personal websites that I recognized on > their 'what's new' webpage so they can pursue whatever avenue they want > to. One person I heard about, signed up and still hasn't received their > 'login' info after several weeks and efforts to contact the site owners > were fruitless because of bogus addresses and telephone numbers, so they > alerted their local police. Both RootsWeb and USGenWeb management teams > are aware of this situation. Both yesterday and today, there has been > email discussion on our Georgia county coordinator email list about this > very sad situation... > > I just hate to see people pay for something they don't have to; but all > I can do is make you aware of it..then you are on your own.... > > Warm regards, > CAT > > Have a safe and super holiday weekend!!!! > > -- > Carol Ann "Cat" Tindell > Jacksonville Beach, FL > C.A.T.'s Southern Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax > Researching: AKINS, BERRY, BOWERS, BROOKS, CANTRELL, DANIEL, LITTLE, > McCRAVEY, ROBERTS, STANDRIDGE, WALLIS & WOOD{S} > Our Southern AKINS: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/akins > Researching: A&D of James AKIN, Sr. Henrico Co., VA > including his g-grandson, Lewis AKINS who d. 1791 Laurens Co., SC. > The TINDELLs of Calhoun Co., FL: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/tindell > Researching: DUNCAN, JONES, TINDEL of SE AL & West FL > Union Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion > Fannin Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gafannin > Old Walton Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaoldwal > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > We love RootsWeb!!!! > http://www.rootsweb.com >