The following is taken from today's Eastman's Newsletter: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - http://www.rootscomputing.com I have received e-mail about the following companies; all have been mentioned as having questionable services. I have listed URLs where you can obtain further information:     Family Discovery.com - an online Web site that claims to have     "the Web's most versatile Award Winning collection of     genealogical databases." However, they don't mention the     "award" they received from the Better Business Bureau! The     Bureau says, "Based on BBB files, this company has an     unsatisfactory record with the Bureau due to unanswered     complaint(s)." Family Discovery.com charges $59.99 for a one-     year subscription. Most of the same information is available     elsewhere on the Web at no charge. In fact, many of the links     on FamilyDiscovery.com simply take you to free Web sites. You     can obtain the same information at no cost by using one of the     free search engines. Details are available on the Genealogical     Web Site Watchdog site at:     http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm#Warning. There     is an Anti-FamilyDiscovery.com newsletter at:     http://compuright.dyndns.org/familydiscovery/     The xxx Family Yearbook - In this case, substitute your last     name for the "xxx." For instance, an advertisement sent to a     person named Smith would be advertising The Smith Family     Yearbook while someone named Clark would receive an     advertisement for The Clark Family Yearbook. These "yearbooks"     claim to have genealogy information. However, those who     purchase the "products" are usually disappointed. The     producing company has several business names; for example, you     can find them listed as Mountain West News Service or as the     Mountain Pacific News Service. They also may appear as an     organizational name, such as "The Smith Family Yearbook."     However, all these "companies" have the same address: 1181 S.     Parker Road, #105, Denver, CO 80231. The Better Business     Bureau lists the parent company as MORPHCORP. The News Herald     of Panama City, Florida has an article about these "products"     at: http://www.newsherald.com/articles/2000/04/16/tp041600.htm     Family Tree House - I wrote about this company in the October     31, 1998 edition of this newsletter. The company gives an     appearance of a Web site that offers genealogy services. In     fact, it does not appear to sell anything. However, the same     company advertises on another Web site with an offer to sell     personal information obtained from genealogists who visit the     Family Tree House site. You innocently enter personal     information about yourself on Family Tree House and then     operators of the site sell your personal information to bulk     mail companies. Information for sale includes name, address,     e-mail address and more. You can read that article at:     http://ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm#sells