>From one of our mailing list members. Thanks, Vicki. Wow. The genealogy blogs have been buzzing this week with the announcement that The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com and the sponsor of Rootsweb.com and producer of Family Tree Maker software, has been sold to a private investment firm. There have been many many announcements about the sale; the best article I've seen appears on Dick Eastman's blog. You can read the entire article, which summarizes a call Dick had with Tim Sullivan, the CEO of The Generations Network. Several reader comments follow the article. Dick has other articles on the topic on his blog. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/10/a-talk-with-the.html The URL is long; Use this TinyURL if the link is broken: http://tinyurl.com/25pbkz Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"