This is a post from another list and is a point of view that you might want to consider. i cannot believe that people are jumping on something that was not entirely stated correctly.... ONEWORLDTREE is an internal search engine.... why wouldnt you want your tree to participate in a mega engine on ancestry.com.... have you EVER tried to look thru a big, long worldconnect for your family... DO YOU KNOW what the amount of time is involved to do this.... the amount of time even with the advance search tools.... It is a huge undertaking... made more huge if you have a very common name.... so why would you want to exclude the gedcom you put on ancestry now, when a new search engine is being created to make the job easier.... why did you put your gedcom there in the FIRST place if you are now going to remove it.....and now, removing it when it might get you more hits than ever before....???? please... read the info on the link below and understand it, question it and give some thought BEFORE you start removing your stuff...... http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/about.aspx does the engine come with a price... why sure, why shouldnt it.... ? it does NOT mean that your gedcoms are not accessible for free... only the search engine to look at them in one stroke is for a fee.... and for those who wish to use that vs advanced search, it will be worth the price....... others, for free, can look at the gedcoms on rootsweb.com and ancestry.com and use the old advanced search..... .. the original post was a call of FIRE! i can only hope that the person just did not understand the concept.... and responded without thought... valentine --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.676 / Virus Database: 438 - Release Date: 5/3/2004