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