Ancestry.com (actually MyFamily.com which also owns ancestry.com) "took over" rootsweb a year or so ago. So far they have stood by their promise to keep rootsweb/genweb free. Why don't we give them a break.... ...joe harrington... -----Original Message----- From: Yak6397209@aol.com [mailto:Yak6397209@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 9:44 PM To: GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Ancestry.com Hi all been reading abt the genweb/ancestry transfer and you are right that people devoted a lot of their time to the genweb project and if ancestry now takes over and charges it would be a very greedy thing to do. I think we need to unite and make sure everyone's hard work remains free as it was intended. Jackie ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, 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 Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I don't know if I will be able to go or not, it will depend on how I feel after coming in from church. Today has NOT been one of my better days!!! Although I'm not having to take chemotherapy treatments I am on a strong medication for the type of cancer I have. I'm not sure if I having a reaction to it or not. If I go, what would you all like for me to do? Wla, so glad to hear the good news about your brother and I will continue to pray for your daughter. Believe me, prayers are answered! Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <wla@execpc.com> To: <GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Durham reunion > diamond6468@mindspring.com wrote: > > > I had planned on coming to this, but don't think I will make it - is there > > a contact person, I would like to call and see if they will sell me one of > > their booklets - or if there is someone who will take some pictures, I will > > pay them for copies of anything - > > delilah evans > > ****I had hoped Diamond was going, if she is not able to make it. I would like > > to send photos of my family as my daughter is Ill, buy the way, we to have had > > a MIRACLE , my brother's heart is fine and he doesn't need the mechanical > > valve put in his heart, as he has been told fr the last two years. Thanks for > > all the people who helped me with my prayers , but my daughter is not out of > > danger yet ,so please continue to pray for her. Again This is such a wonderful > > group of people I thank you from the bottem of my heart, Must be we are all > > KIN, as they say. Anyone going willing to take my photos f my family I'll > > send forward to them. God Bless Wla. ****** > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > > GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >

Hi Bill, this is a long shot but gonna try anyway. I am wondering abt your surname, Shepherd. My grandfather was Foster Shepherd Harris and as is often the case a middle name is actually a family surname! On my grandfather's maternal side there are Jones and Alversons. Of course his paternal side there is Harris and I am afraid that is all I have. Do any of these surnames connect with your Shepherd's. Are ancestors moved about in the same areas. thanks Jackie

Delilah, If you will give me the page, etc., I'll try to see if I can read it. I have a hard copy of the 1850 census and have also read the microfilm copy of it but I'm transcribing straight from the microfilm copy of the original. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <diamond6468@mindspring.com> To: <GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Ancestry.com > Sue, I have the printed book form of the 1850 Dade County census - there > is one name that is totally unreadable listed under "place of birth, name > the state, territory or country" now I can read all the other states > printed but this one is odd - is there a way you can possibly identify that > place if I give you a page that one is listed on? ALso if you want help and > I can do it with this, let me know. > delilah evans > > > > > At 13:47 6/23/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Anne, > > > >I agree with you whole hearterly!!! I don't understand all of this owns what > >and/or who manages what. It is getting to the point of confusion. > > > >A friend and I did the 1840 census of Dade Co and are planning on doing the > >1850 (I've already started it). The 1840 is on the GenWeb projects (I think, > >I don't even know this anymore) and we did it so people would have free > >access to it. > > > >I don't want it to end up on Ancestry with people having to pay for it. > > > >A totally confused Sue > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Renshaw <renchfam@sdcoe.k12.ca.us> > >To: <GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 12:22 PM > >Subject: [GAWALKER] Ancestry.com > > > > > >> > >> >That is correct, since Ancestry bought Rootsweb, it now has acquired the > >> >GenWeb project and it was a membership databank, so I believe that it > >will > >> >now include all the main links - I have belonged to Ancestry since it > >> >started - > >> >delilah evans > >> > > >> So does this mean that Ancestry.com owns Rootsweb and the GenWeb projects? > >> This includes the archives done by GenWeb? Will they not be free anymore? > >> So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? And now > >> Ancestry.com owns genealogy on the internet. I am just about to put a > >> database on the Chattooga Co. website of marriages from 1839-1860. They > >> include the surnames and people of many Walker Co. families. I found some > >> of my families marriages there. I am extracting the marriages from > >1861-1880 > >> at the present time. I am not going to give them to Rootsweb or GenWeb if > >> they are going to end up with Ancestry.com and people have to pay to see > >them. > >> I will get my own website or do look ups or something. I think we should > >all > >> be concerned. > >> > >> Can someone clarify the situation and let people know what they can do to > >> protest if it is needed? > >> Anne > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > >> If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, > >use > >> GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if > >> you are on the Digest list. > >> To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >> > > > > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > >announcements, 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 Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >

Hi all been reading abt the genweb/ancestry transfer and you are right that people devoted a lot of their time to the genweb project and if ancestry now takes over and charges it would be a very greedy thing to do. I think we need to unite and make sure everyone's hard work remains free as it was intended. Jackie

Like Anne, I would like some help here. I do understand that MyFamily.com/Ancestry.com now owns RootsWeb. But I did not think they "owned" the USGenWeb. Many of the USGenWeb state and county sites are housed on the RootsWeb servers but there are also many that are not and are on other servers. Am I correct here???? Perhaps Katherine can help with this one. Thanks - Emma In a message dated 6/23/2001 11:24:26 AM Central Daylight Time, renchfam@sdcoe.k12.ca.us writes: > That is correct, since Ancestry bought Rootsweb, it now has acquired the > >GenWeb project and it was a membership databank, so I believe that it will > >now include all the main links - I have belonged to Ancestry since it > >started - > >delilah evans > > > So does this mean that Ancestry.com owns Rootsweb and the GenWeb projects? > This includes the archives done by GenWeb? Will they not be free anymore? > So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? And now > Ancestry.com owns genealogy on the internet. I am just about to put a > database on the Chattooga Co. website of marriages from 1839-1860. They > include the surnames and people of many Walker Co. families. I found some > of my families marriages there. I am extracting the marriages from > 1861-1880 > at the present time. I am not going to give them to Rootsweb or GenWeb if > they are going to end up with Ancestry.com and people have to pay to see > them. > I will get my own website or do look ups or something. I think we should > all > be concerned. > > Can someone clarify the situation and let people know what they can do to > protest if it is needed? > Anne >

Please forgive the multi post. Am looking for any information on George Washington Green and his wife Lucinda ??? could be (Lucinda Melinda ???). They are listed in the Walker Co., Ga. 1850 and 1860 census, and Whitfield Co., Ga. 1870 census. I have just this last week found this family in Forsyth Co.,Ga. in the 1880 census. I also found several marriages that could possibly be marriages of this family as well. I will indicate them here in [ ]. Children of George W. and Lucinda are: Garland D.S. b. Oct. 5, 1826 S.C. m. Mary Jane McKinney Mar. 3, 1863 in Pickens Co., Ga. d. Sep. 29, 1874 in Pickens Co. Mary Jane b. July 16, 1830 in S.C. d. Mar. 2, 1916 in Pickens Co. Eliza Ann b Feb. 12, 1828 S.C. Charlotte Jane b. Feb. 5, 1830 S.C. m William Allen Rivers bef. 1850, they left Ga. and went to the Fort Worth, Texas area. Margaret F. b. Sep. 25, 1832 S.C. Malissa b. June 26, 1833 S.C. Martha M. b. June 25, 1835 S.C. Mary b. Apr. 25, 1837 S.C. m. Isaac Pickney Hubbard, they left Ga. and in 1880 are in the Hempstead Co., Arkansas census. Jackson L. May 4, 1839 S.C. (died young) Vanburan b. June 27, 1841 S.C. (died young) Harriet b. Aug. 8, 1843 S.C. [a Harriett Green married Wesley Estes in Forsyth Co., Ga. Feb. 18, 1906] Sarah Angeline b. Mar. 12, 1847 S.C. [a Sarah A. Green married Thomas C. Tribble in Forsyth Co., Ga. Nov. 28, 1867] Malinda Ann b Feb.17, 1849 GA. [ a Malinda Green married John L. Cruse, Sr. in Forsyth Co., Ga. Nov. 4, 1877] Any help at all would be GREATLY appreciated. Billy Shepherd sheps1@communicomm.com

I had planned on coming to this, but don't think I will make it - is there a contact person, I would like to call and see if they will sell me one of their booklets - or if there is someone who will take some pictures, I will pay them for copies of anything - delilah evans

Sue, I have the printed book form of the 1850 Dade County census - there is one name that is totally unreadable listed under "place of birth, name the state, territory or country" now I can read all the other states printed but this one is odd - is there a way you can possibly identify that place if I give you a page that one is listed on? ALso if you want help and I can do it with this, let me know. delilah evans At 13:47 6/23/01 -0400, you wrote: >Anne, > >I agree with you whole hearterly!!! I don't understand all of this owns what >and/or who manages what. It is getting to the point of confusion. > >A friend and I did the 1840 census of Dade Co and are planning on doing the >1850 (I've already started it). The 1840 is on the GenWeb projects (I think, >I don't even know this anymore) and we did it so people would have free >access to it. > >I don't want it to end up on Ancestry with people having to pay for it. > >A totally confused Sue >----- Original Message ----- >From: Renshaw <renchfam@sdcoe.k12.ca.us> >To: <GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 12:22 PM >Subject: [GAWALKER] Ancestry.com > > >> >> >That is correct, since Ancestry bought Rootsweb, it now has acquired the >> >GenWeb project and it was a membership databank, so I believe that it >will >> >now include all the main links - I have belonged to Ancestry since it >> >started - >> >delilah evans >> > >> So does this mean that Ancestry.com owns Rootsweb and the GenWeb projects? >> This includes the archives done by GenWeb? Will they not be free anymore? >> So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? And now >> Ancestry.com owns genealogy on the internet. I am just about to put a >> database on the Chattooga Co. website of marriages from 1839-1860. They >> include the surnames and people of many Walker Co. families. I found some >> of my families marriages there. I am extracting the marriages from >1861-1880 >> at the present time. I am not going to give them to Rootsweb or GenWeb if >> they are going to end up with Ancestry.com and people have to pay to see >them. >> I will get my own website or do look ups or something. I think we should >all >> be concerned. >> >> Can someone clarify the situation and let people know what they can do to >> protest if it is needed? >> Anne >> >> >> >> ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== >> If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, >use >> GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if >> you are on the Digest list. >> To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >> > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, 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 Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > >

diamond6468@mindspring.com wrote: > I had planned on coming to this, but don't think I will make it - is there > a contact person, I would like to call and see if they will sell me one of > their booklets - or if there is someone who will take some pictures, I will > pay them for copies of anything - > delilah evans > ****I had hoped Diamond was going, if she is not able to make it. I would like > to send photos of my family as my daughter is Ill, buy the way, we to have had > a MIRACLE , my brother's heart is fine and he doesn't need the mechanical > valve put in his heart, as he has been told fr the last two years. Thanks for > all the people who helped me with my prayers , but my daughter is not out of > danger yet ,so please continue to pray for her. Again This is such a wonderful > group of people I thank you from the bottem of my heart, Must be we are all > KIN, as they say. Anyone going willing to take my photos f my family I'll > send forward to them. God Bless Wla. ****** > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett

I am sorry, but I may have said earlier that I have the Walker mail list. I don't --just the Genconnect Boards. But do you realize that every email that you send is archived http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GAWALKER Where - on rootsweb - and I assume that these archives could wind up on ancestry.com also. Donna

MFLP@aol.com wrote: > I am sorry, but I may have said earlier that I have the Walker mail list. I > don't --just the Genconnect Boards. > > But do you realize that every email that you send is archived > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GAWALKER > > Where - on rootsweb - and I assume that these archives could wind up on > ancestry.com also. > > Donna > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, 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 Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett Donna: I believe these were probably archieved without us knowing about it. I accidently got onto somthing one thing that was like a forum and it was a discussion about what were in the digest records. I don't how I happened t get on that forum, it certainly was by accident. Also every listing I believe that is entered to rootsweb, I noticed when a volunteer has worked on records , when you pull them up has the word copy writted at the top of the papers. So who has placed the copy write on them? Rootsweb? I know I see the volunteers names. I don"t have the answer to that . Do you Sue?? God Bless Wla

Anne, I agree with you whole hearterly!!! I don't understand all of this owns what and/or who manages what. It is getting to the point of confusion. A friend and I did the 1840 census of Dade Co and are planning on doing the 1850 (I've already started it). The 1840 is on the GenWeb projects (I think, I don't even know this anymore) and we did it so people would have free access to it. I don't want it to end up on Ancestry with people having to pay for it. A totally confused Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Renshaw <renchfam@sdcoe.k12.ca.us> To: <GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: [GAWALKER] Ancestry.com > > >That is correct, since Ancestry bought Rootsweb, it now has acquired the > >GenWeb project and it was a membership databank, so I believe that it will > >now include all the main links - I have belonged to Ancestry since it > >started - > >delilah evans > > > So does this mean that Ancestry.com owns Rootsweb and the GenWeb projects? > This includes the archives done by GenWeb? Will they not be free anymore? > So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? And now > Ancestry.com owns genealogy on the internet. I am just about to put a > database on the Chattooga Co. website of marriages from 1839-1860. They > include the surnames and people of many Walker Co. families. I found some > of my families marriages there. I am extracting the marriages from 1861-1880 > at the present time. I am not going to give them to Rootsweb or GenWeb if > they are going to end up with Ancestry.com and people have to pay to see them. > I will get my own website or do look ups or something. I think we should all > be concerned. > > Can someone clarify the situation and let people know what they can do to > protest if it is needed? > Anne > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >

Renshaw wrote: > >That is correct, since Ancestry bought Rootsweb, it now has acquired the > >GenWeb project and it was a membership databank, so I believe that it will > >now include all the main links - I have belonged to Ancestry since it > >started - > >delilah evans > > > So does this mean that Ancestry.com owns Rootsweb and the GenWeb projects? > This includes the archives done by GenWeb? Will they not be free anymore? > So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? And now > Ancestry.com owns genealogy on the internet. I am just about to put a > database on the Chattooga Co. website of marriages from 1839-1860. They > include the surnames and people of many Walker Co. families. I found some > of my families marriages there. I am extracting the marriages from 1861-1880 > at the present time. I am not going to give them to Rootsweb or GenWeb if > they are going to end up with Ancestry.com and people have to pay to see them. > I will get my own website or do look ups or something. I think we should all > be concerned. > > Can someone clarify the situation and let people know what they can do to > protest if it is needed? > Anne > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett We were told when there merged with Rootsweb, Rootsweb would remain free, doesn't mean that they can't change their minds. Best thing to d is to address Ans.Com in regards to their merger they made last year instead of Walker Co. God Bless Wla

I agree, I was totally stunned to find they bought Rootsweb - I would be very careful about what I put on any genealogy board that was a membership only - now Ancestry does have some free databases and every now and then they have free weeks to their main databases - but still if you don't join you may not be able to get what you want - when they added the census on-line, the price also went up for membership - I would be sure before I added anything that it would be free access - delilah At 09:22 6/23/01 -0700, you wrote: > >>That is correct, since Ancestry bought Rootsweb, it now has acquired the >>GenWeb project and it was a membership databank, so I believe that it will >>now include all the main links - I have belonged to Ancestry since it >>started - >>delilah evans >> >So does this mean that Ancestry.com owns Rootsweb and the GenWeb projects? >This includes the archives done by GenWeb? Will they not be free anymore? >So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? And now >Ancestry.com owns genealogy on the internet. I am just about to put a >database on the Chattooga Co. website of marriages from 1839-1860. They >include the surnames and people of many Walker Co. families. I found some >of my families marriages there. I am extracting the marriages from 1861-1880 >at the present time. I am not going to give them to Rootsweb or GenWeb if >they are going to end up with Ancestry.com and people have to pay to see them. >I will get my own website or do look ups or something. I think we should all >be concerned. > >Can someone clarify the situation and let people know what they can do to >protest if it is needed? >Anne > > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use >GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if >you are on the Digest list. >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > >

In a message dated 6/23/01 12:24:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, renchfam@sdcoe.k12.ca.us writes: << So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? >> Just for the record. I am not paid by anyone. I am a volunteer. Donna Parrish

>That is correct, since Ancestry bought Rootsweb, it now has acquired the >GenWeb project and it was a membership databank, so I believe that it will >now include all the main links - I have belonged to Ancestry since it >started - >delilah evans > So does this mean that Ancestry.com owns Rootsweb and the GenWeb projects? This includes the archives done by GenWeb? Will they not be free anymore? So are site administrators going to be paid by Ancestry.com? And now Ancestry.com owns genealogy on the internet. I am just about to put a database on the Chattooga Co. website of marriages from 1839-1860. They include the surnames and people of many Walker Co. families. I found some of my families marriages there. I am extracting the marriages from 1861-1880 at the present time. I am not going to give them to Rootsweb or GenWeb if they are going to end up with Ancestry.com and people have to pay to see them. I will get my own website or do look ups or something. I think we should all be concerned. Can someone clarify the situation and let people know what they can do to protest if it is needed? Anne

In a message dated 6/23/01 12:14:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kmcgee03@earthlink.net writes: << It's still not as nice as it was <frown> K >> NO IT IS NOT. I think they messed up the best thing they had going for them. Donna

You can read and search all you want to. When you click on post a message, the sign in screen pops up. In a message dated 6/22/01 7:58:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kmcgee03@earthlink.net writes: << You know, I went over to Ancestry dot com and without signing in or allowing cookies I could read anything on the message boards. Am I overlooking an onboard cookie that I already have or is my experience correct: You don't have to sign in to view the messages. One thing I did not do is send or respond to a message -- is that where you have to log in? K. McGee >>

Thank goodness it's still better than the commercial group whose been changing names during the last few years ... they still have up my old GTE website url and can I get it changed? Nope Thanks Donna ... appreciate all of it Kay At 12:46 AM 06/23/2001 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 6/23/01 12:14:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >kmcgee03@earthlink.net writes: > ><< It's still not as nice as it was <frown> > K >> > >NO IT IS NOT. I think they messed up the best thing they had going for them. > >Donna > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use >GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if >you are on the Digest list. >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett