Thanks for bringing this up, Linda. [email protected] is a bogus address as is [email protected] The original postings are no longer on the message boards, probably removed by the rootsweb staff. I also checked the mail lists and they are not listed there either. In this case, the messages were somehow gatewayed to the mail lists. Mark Mann Huntington and Wells County mail list moderator Huntington County Coordinator -----Original Message----- From: Linda Chan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Huntington Research Site ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Chan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:01 PM Subject: Re: Huntington Research Site I have a comment about this site. I went and signed up and checked it out. You are given "50 credits" for looking up names on this site. Now, you use up 2 credits just looking for a name, whether the name is found or not, and each addtional click to find more info about your person uses up 6 credits. So you can see that your credits are used up quickly. 1000 additional credits can be purchased from the web site master for $10. I guess there is nothing wrong with that if you are willing to pay this amount to be able to search, but my problem with it is that it is obvious these "millions of names" were gleaned from GEDCOMS downloaded from other sites on the internet. Probably sites where you can search for free, such as ancestry.com and LDS site. I searched for my ancestor Benjamin Oxley just to see if he would pop up, and he did, but the info on him was incorrect. His birthdate was incorrect, and the info listed for his wife's father was totally wrong. She was linked to the wrong family. to tell you the truth, the file looked suspiciously like my own research from a few years ago and it makes me wonder where this person got it from. I had once been under the mistaken impression that Benjamin's wife was Mary Jane Huiet, daughter of Simon Huiet of Montgomery County, Ohio, but I have since learned that there were two Mary Jane Huiet/Hewetts in Montgomery County, and Benjamin's wife was actually the daughter of Thomas Hewett. This website had listed Philip Huiet as her father, who was actually Simon Huiet's father. Anyway, my point is this: I may be mistaken, but I believe the person who is webmaster of this site is attempting to profit from other people's research, and she may not be too selective about where she is getting this info, and it is not verified. I suppose that is the same as the info you gather from ancestry.com and LDS and World Connect project, the info is only as good as the person who supplies it, but I would think long and hard before I paid to search for info at this webstie. Linda Chan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:32 AM Subject: Huntington Research Site This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gh.2ADI/3730 Message Board Post: I found a great Huntington County Genealogy Site: http://65.10.15.149/FreeGen/Home.html They will be adding over 1 billion names to their online database over the next few months. ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB