Not that I really want to add yet another e-mail on a long chain, but since I appear to be the only dissenting input, consider this: Ancestry.com provides a very useful service in putting all this "shared" information in a single location, hosting in servers that keep that information -- as opposed to individuals who do it for so long and then quit or die, and the information along with them. And most importantly, provide a fully functional, context-based, search and indexing capability to find it. And I'm not sure who out there has "shared" JPEG images of every single image of the US census, or has "shared" full by-name indexes to entire post-1850s census free of charge. Both of these are provided in Ancestry, in addition to a host of databases that are not, in fact, the "shared" fruits of other people's labor. As a subscriber, I have gotten more than my money's worth. And I also received an e-mail reminder well in advance of the renewal date with an option to not have it done. Ken Shelton -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Allen D. Hunt" <adhunt@cox.net> > Well, well!!! I seem to have started a display of feelings about > Ancestry.com. Actually, it is not against them. Rather, it is against > anyone or any company that would try and make profit from the hard work of > others. And, since I had heard that they automatically renewed your > contract without asking if that was your wish, I would be even more upset. > > I like the fact that Courtney, in concert with others, has established this > free Web Site that not only has GEDCOM databases but also has links to the > Bible, Births, Cemeteries, Census, Immigrants, Inventories, Marriages, > Manuscripts, Obituaries, Pension Records, Tax Records, Wills, I and, Links, > Military Service, Miscellaneous, Photograph Album, and Queries. Now, that's > close to perfection. > > For years and years, I dreamed about having a large enough computer that I > could put everyone's database into it. Courtney is doing a good job, under > Gedcoms. I tried to document all of the various HUNT lines that lived, at > one time or another, in the state of Mississippi. It became an impossible > task. > > I do not know what the limits are for the Web Site that Courtney > established, long ago. But I would live to see many others add their > database to the project. What a wonderful FREE wealth of information this > would continue to be. > > Keep HUNTing. > > Allen/The 14 > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hunt-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hunt-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of JRB6886@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 4:49 AM > To: HUNT@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HUNT] Ancestry.com from an unhappy costumer > > Personally, my experiences with Ancestry.com have be bad. I do not like > contracts that renew automatically. I do not like the fact that most of > the > information is information that has been donated by others or is material > that > has been copied from others. I use Family Tree Maker and have upgraded it > many times. I now have FTW 16 but wish I was still using version 8. I > hate the > fact that no dates before 100 AD can be recorded. Not that it is needed > very often. There are software packages available for free that are just > as > good. > > I do agree that Ancestry.com is like Walmart as I do not shop there either. > > > Jeff of the Rowan County, North Carolina Hunts. > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUNT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message