Thank you Yvonne for pointing this out to us. It may help if you tell the list that the URL given had a secure server so donations can be made by credit card, which I did this AM. I am on this list search for Michael Nicholas Weber b.1797 NY, his son Benjamin Nicholas b.1815 NY, and his son Albert Lawrence Weber, my grandfather b. Baraboo, 1861. Family lived in Collinsville. I have found some info on census but seem unable to find anything else. Merry Christmas!! Yvonne James-Henderson wrote: > Everyone on a very limited income, those new and young genealogy > researchers with young families or people who already give to > RootsWeb may delete this message. > > For everyone else, I am begging you to listen. > > RootsWeb is run by a Mom and Pop operation called Brian Leverich > and Karen Isaacson, husband and wife. They started RootsWeb out of > the money in their pockets with the server in their home. Karen > works for Rand Corp fulltime and Brian, a Phd in computers, does > speaking engagements and keeps RootsWeb servers, equipment "pieced" > together with whatever donations comes their way. > > Brian is determined to keep genealogy free on the internet. Our > donations haven't been enough (about 2.5% of the users of RootsWeb > sites donate) so he went out after a sponsor who wouldn't have > strings attached. Palladium came across but was recently bought by > the biggies, I think it was the Broderbund conglommerate - forget) > and the money and equipment expected from Palladium didn't make the > last payment. Soooo, Brian and Karen took out a $25,000 loan > recently to keep our genealogy free out here. > > A thought has crossed some minds that the "biggies" are trying to > break Brian and Karen down in order to get B and K to sell out to > them. > > Brian and Karen are working to go non profit so down the road maybe > some major contributions and foundation money will go their way. > Brian says all involved in going non profit with an atty, etc, is > mind boggling. > > In the meantime, RootsWeb is hurting in the financial support > department. > > Anytime you are subscribed to a list or browse/search sites for > genealogy information, note the domain in the url. Does it have > rootsweb in the address? > > I am begging you, if you can afford it, to support the RootsWeb > Genealogical Cooperative. > > If I have helped you in anyway with your research, would you please > donate $12 or $24 to RootsWeb so we can keep all this great > genealogy data on the internet free and even increase the data for > users? > I am doing my part by being a donor. > > Here is the site to learn about RootsWeb and the address to donate. > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > I know with Christmas we are all pretty well tapped out, but could > you find $12 or $24 or even more by Jan? > > Think of those little pieces of paper with ancestors names on them > that Grandpa, Grandma, Dad or Mom saved for you, how they would be > flabbergasted at the time it is taking you to find a ggggrandparent > by way of the internet and RootsWeb. > > By January, we will probably find the RootsWeb servers overloaded > with all the new computers received as Christmas presents. It > happens every year. > > A side note here - this is the best time to browse while everyone > is in Wally World going crazy with shopping. Better get the > browsing done now because January and the increase in people going > online, it inevitably slows down. > > Thanks for listening and thank you to anyone who will contribute to > RootsWeb. Written by Gloria Frazier > > Happy Holidays, > > Yvonne in Burke, VA > Vive la USGenWeb Project! > ************************** > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! > mailto:hen1@idt.net