List Members and Visitors, In response to the msg from RH, obvious he doesn't visit many sites that the various List members post to. Most sites that give us free Web Space for our genealogy data have some form of advertising, either those you see on the page or pop-ups. There are 10332 members that have Free Web Space at Rootsweb and each site has the same basic advertising on it. I agree with Lindel, who would give free space without some form of benefit to the organization, Rootsweb is owned/controlled by Ancestry.com which is a profit making organization. I don't like having the ads on my data pages but again, what else is one to do.. I guess RH never extracts data from ANY of these Genealogy Web Sites donated by Rootsweb. I have found a lot of valueable data on other members sites. So if you don't want the data given freely, don't visit ANY Site that has the format in the URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xxxxxxxxxx If people don't visit the various sites what is the point of members spending many hours transcribing the data reformatting it into databases and building the sites. Most of the data on these sites is not available without getting it from the sites such as Scotlands People or going to the FHC centers in your town. The Irish data is even harder to obtain, so to all those who do the transcribing and to those who post these tanscriptions to their sites a Great Big Thanks. You can turn of pop-ups in your browser if they bother you, which I have done. For all our members on the various Lists, there is no real problem with visiting the 10332 sites that have info/data but you do have to put up with the ads. By the way Yahoo Groups also have ads on their pages as do a majority of the free sites. Good luck with your research and keep visiting the members sites. Bob Cdn. ----------------------------------------------------- <SNIP> > Subject: > [DONEGAL] Re: IRL-CO-DONEGAL-D Digest V03 #98 > From: > "Robert Herald" <[email protected]> > >Beware of this site. There are three web bugs on the page for ancestry.com >and it gives you a pop-under from Newworldiq.com, an on-line marketing >organization. > ------------------------------------------ >List Members, > >(Cross List Posting) > >Have updated my site today with Irish Census data from Donegal -58, >townlands of: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > >Glen - Parish Killymard >Scrawhill- Parish Killymard >Glencoagh - Parish Killymard >Beefpark - Parish Killymard > >Not a lot of data but four more townlands added to the list. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [DONEGAL] Re:Beware Bob's website? > From: > Lindel <[email protected]> > > Hi! I don't think its fair to say to beware of Bob's site - it is a > plain freepages website at Rootsweb.com. Rootsweb was bought out/taken > over (not sure of the correct terminology) by Ancestry.com and since > then, has been forcing ads top and bottom as well as other subtle > changes. At least they're not charging us for the webspace. > Rootsweb freepages provide unlimited webspace for genealogy based > sites and is where many sites are based, including the larger Donegal > resources sites - Carol Queens site and mine. > We don't have any control over the 'bugs' or pop-unders/ups, but the > later should be able to be turned off from within your browser. > Please don't avoid this website - I know Bob has put alot of work over > a couple of years into his data, presented for anyone to access for free. > Lindel > Kaikoura, New Zealand > > Robert Herald wrote: > >> Beware of this site. There are three web bugs on the page for >> ancestry.com >> and it gives you a pop-under from Newworldiq.com, an on-line marketing >> organization. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:00 PM >> Subject: [DONEGAL] UPDATED DATA >> >> >> >> >>> List Members, >>> >>> (Cross List Posting) >>> >>> Have updated my site today with Irish Census data from Donegal -58, >>> townlands of: >>> >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ >>> >>> Glen - Parish Killymard >>> Scrawhill- Parish Killymard >>> Glencoagh - Parish Killymard >>> Beefpark - Parish Killymard >>> >>> Not a lot of data but four more townlands added to the list. >>> >>> Enjoy >>> Bob >>> Cdn. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== >> This list is for anyone researching ancestors in County Donegal >> Ireland. Thank you for joining our forum. >> Our Ireland website is: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> records, go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> >>

hiflite, It was a difficult lesson for me to learn your personal ethics the hard way. You blasted my caution, my email address AND MY NAME across five bulletin boards. At least you were smart enough to hide your name. RH ----- Original Message ----- From: hiflyte To: [email protected] ; DONEGALEIRE List ; IRELAND-L ; IRL-Donegal - List Cc: [email protected] ; Y-IRL - Yahoo Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: 10332 Genealogy Web Sites at Rootsweb List Members and Visitors, In response to the msg from RH, obvious he doesn't visit many sites that the various List members post to. Most sites that give us free Web Space for our genealogy data have some form of advertising, either those you see on the page or pop-ups. There are 10332 members that have Free Web Space at Rootsweb and each site has the same basic advertising on it. I agree with Lindel, who would give free space without some form of benefit to the organization, Rootsweb is owned/controlled by Ancestry.com which is a profit making organization. I don't like having the ads on my data pages but again, what else is one to do.. I guess RH never extracts data from ANY of these Genealogy Web Sites donated by Rootsweb. I have found a lot of valueable data on other members sites. So if you don't want the data given freely, don't visit ANY Site that has the format in the URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xxxxxxxxxx If people don't visit the various sites what is the point of members spending many hours transcribing the data reformatting it into databases and building the sites. Most of the data on these sites is not available without getting it from the sites such as Scotlands People or going to the FHC centers in your town. The Irish data is even harder to obtain, so to all those who do the transcribing and to those who post these tanscriptions to their sites a Great Big Thanks. You can turn of pop-ups in your browser if they bother you, which I have done. For all our members on the various Lists, there is no real problem with visiting the 10332 sites that have info/data but you do have to put up with the ads. By the way Yahoo Groups also have ads on their pages as do a majority of the free sites. Good luck with your research and keep visiting the members sites. Bob Cdn. ----------------------------------------------------- <SNIP> Subject: [DONEGAL] Re: IRL-CO-DONEGAL-D Digest V03 #98 From: "Robert Herald" <[email protected]> Beware of this site. There are three web bugs on the page for ancestry.com and it gives you a pop-under from Newworldiq.com, an on-line marketing organization.------------------------------------------ List Members, (Cross List Posting) Have updated my site today with Irish Census data from Donegal -58, townlands of: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ Glen - Parish Killymard Scrawhill- Parish Killymard Glencoagh - Parish Killymard Beefpark - Parish Killymard Not a lot of data but four more townlands added to the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [DONEGAL] Re:Beware Bob's website? From: Lindel <[email protected]> Hi! I don't think its fair to say to beware of Bob's site - it is a plain freepages website at Rootsweb.com. Rootsweb was bought out/taken over (not sure of the correct terminology) by Ancestry.com and since then, has been forcing ads top and bottom as well as other subtle changes. At least they're not charging us for the webspace. Rootsweb freepages provide unlimited webspace for genealogy based sites and is where many sites are based, including the larger Donegal resources sites - Carol Queens site and mine. We don't have any control over the 'bugs' or pop-unders/ups, but the later should be able to be turned off from within your browser. Please don't avoid this website - I know Bob has put alot of work over a couple of years into his data, presented for anyone to access for free. Lindel Kaikoura, New Zealand Robert Herald wrote: Beware of this site. There are three web bugs on the page for ancestry.com and it gives you a pop-under from Newworldiq.com, an on-line marketing organization. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:00 PM Subject: [DONEGAL] UPDATED DATA List Members, (Cross List Posting) Have updated my site today with Irish Census data from Donegal -58, townlands of: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ Glen - Parish Killymard Scrawhill- Parish Killymard Glencoagh - Parish Killymard Beefpark - Parish Killymard Not a lot of data but four more townlands added to the list. Enjoy Bob Cdn. ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== This list is for anyone researching ancestors in County Donegal Ireland. Thank you for joining our forum. Our Ireland website is: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237