> So what is your best guess? That RootsWeb will remain free within > Ancestry but will soon contain a lot of advertising? > > "Unsprung" <peterblood...@joimail.com> My guess is that it will become just another free database like the 1880 census. You won't be able to contribute to it or modify it, just read it. Ancestry itself will then take over all other RootsWeb functions. No more "two sides" to worry about, etc. "the_verminator@comcast.net" <the_verminator@comcast.net>

> > So what is your best guess? That RootsWeb will remain free within > > Ancestry but will soon contain a lot of advertising? > > > > "Unsprung" <peterblood...@joimail.com> > > My guess is that it will become just another free database like the > 1880 census. > You won't be able to contribute to it or modify it, just read it. > > Ancestry itself will then take over all other RootsWeb functions. > No more "two sides" to worry about, etc. > > "the_verminator@comcast.net" <the_verminator@comcast.net> my own best guess is in the face of serious competition when advertising revenue surpasses subscriptions ancestry will become a freebie like google and aol (bring your own connection) The new familysearch when released to the general public will be a killer app Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG Hugh Watkins <hugh.watkins@gmail.com>