Dear Dottie As far as I can judge, Otherdays went offline at the very end of January, so just about 7 weeks now. We need to keep track, should they ever come back up, so we get the time added to our subscriptions. I'm not sure the Mormons as an organisation own Ancestry. MyFamily.com owns Ancestry.com, Rootsweb.com, Genealogy.com and Family Tree Maker. The CEO is Paul Allen,who might be a Mormon, and the company is based in Utah, but I think it is privately owned. I hope Otherdays recovers and stays independent. I hate the way you start to fill in details on a free site and suddenly find yourself in Ancestry, being told you need to subscribe to get that info. It isn't healthy to have just one player in the field - monopolies are never a good idea- for one thing, they can charge what they like. Otherdays is an Irish site, based in Ireland, with the records entered by Irishmen who have an inbuilt understanding of townlands and parishes, and the records they are working with.If they sell out to a US company, we will probably lose that expertise. I read somewhere today that 34 million Americans claim Irish ancestry. That is a huge market just waiting to be tapped. Francis Dowling seemed like a good bloke -before this situation developed, he replied to my e-mails very quickly,and was genuinely helpful. I really want them to get up and running again, though I appreciate they have lost a great deal of goodwill. Mine included. I can live with the site being down.I can't accept the lack of communication. Here's hoping I get some good news, if I can get through to them on Monday. Regards Cathy

I can second what Cathy says about Otherdays on all counts, but especially about prompt and helpful replies from Francis Dowling to my some questions I have had in the past. That was before these current problems that started at the end of January. I too hope they recover from this and can stay independent. If they could have just communicated with their subscribers from the start, things would be much better at this point, I think. Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon, USA At 06:04 PM 3/18/05, CathOneill@aol.com wrote: >Dear Dottie > >As far as I can judge, Otherdays went offline at the very end of January, >so just about 7 weeks now. >We need to keep track, should they ever come back up, so we get the time >added to our subscriptions. > >I'm not sure the Mormons as an organisation own Ancestry. > >MyFamily.com owns Ancestry.com, Rootsweb.com, Genealogy.com and Family Tree >Maker. >The CEO is Paul Allen,who might be a Mormon, and the company is based in >Utah, but I think it is privately owned. > >I hope Otherdays recovers and stays independent. > >I hate the way you start to fill in details on a free site and suddenly find >yourself in Ancestry, being told you need to subscribe to get that info. > >It isn't healthy to have just one player in the field - monopolies are never >a good idea- for one thing, they can charge what they like. > >Otherdays is an Irish site, based in Ireland, with the records entered by >Irishmen who have an inbuilt understanding of townlands and parishes, >and the >records they are working with.If they sell out to a US company, we will >probably lose that expertise. > >I read somewhere today that 34 million Americans claim Irish ancestry. >That is a huge market just waiting to be tapped. > >Francis Dowling seemed like a good bloke -before this situation developed, >he replied to my e-mails very quickly,and was genuinely helpful. > >I really want them to get up and running again, though I appreciate they >have lost a great deal of goodwill. Mine included. >I can live with the site being down.I can't accept the lack of communication. > >Here's hoping I get some good news, if I can get through to them on Monday. > >Regards >Cathy