I agree with Pat. As an on/off member of Ancestry, I have found much information about all the sides of my famliy. I have found living relatives here in the States and across the pond in Europe. I have found information on Pat's webpage too. You can't just do your genealogy on line. You must do the foot work too. If you want what is posted at Ancestry go to your local LDS Temple and use their vast library of microfische. I can't say enough about research it isn't easy. Judy Christopher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:18 PM Subject: [NY-IRISH] Ancestry advertisements > On this list and others, there has been mention made about a free website > with advertisements that some click on unknowingly and end up a a paid > site. While, I too, hate the hidden links to paid sites, one must realize > that sites, like mine, cost money to keep. The more that is posted on the > site and the busier the website, the more costly the website is to keep > online. So, some of us chose to put advertisements on our websites to > offset the cost of the website. Hopefully, they aren't sneaky. I try to > keep mine obvious but what is obvious to me may not be obvious to others. > Anyhow, without my advertisements, I couldn't afford to keep my website. > I > offer a lot of free data on my site and others contribute to it not to > mention the time that goes into it's upkeep. When others contribute, I > never put advertisements on their data. > > Well, just a word from a website owner. Kinda the other side. > > Plus, I find Ancestry extremely helpful to my family research. I think > when > they offer free data, if you consider it like a free sample at a store if > you give them your name and address, it is about the same thing. They > then > send you advertisements, it's the price you pay for the free sample. > Ancestry requires you call them to stop the credit card charge, it is > annoying but it is also worth the free information you got off the site. > If > you didn't find your family, it is not Ancestry's fault. They were up > front > with what they offered. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >