Forwarding the announcement about Rootsweb/Ancestry to lists without permission of the listowners is inappropriate to begin with. Futhermore, the announcement is for the the financial supporters of Rootsweb only. The first sentence in the first paragraph of the announcement: Good news: You, our contributors, with your financial support, have helped create at RootsWeb one of the largest and most popular sites on the Internet. Enough said. No changes on Rootsweb's status on the commitment to keep free genealogy online. W. David Samuelsen