In a message dated 4/30/04 7:00:33 AM Central Daylight Time, ILMADISO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << And I'm wary of putting a 'self-renewing' subscription on my card without first talking to someone who has used the site happily. >> I avoid all "self-renewing" subscriptions. Ancestry.com made my life miserable for months before I could get them to cancel the service. If a site is worthwhile, I think users will renew without being trapped into perpetual subscriptions. PennyM