Firs off, I have been searching for Lena GRAHAM b. 1817, KY father may have been William GRAHAM b. between 1790 - 1800. Second: I have to agree with Pat, I am amazed at how FAST, how MUCH Ancestry puts up information. Without Ancestry I would not have much. Of course I was able to order original documents from their indexes but then I had to spend more money, and I agree this is what I like and I don't go out and spend money either, so this is where my hobby money goes as well. I am not currently a member of Ancestry but was for a year. I do think Ancestry probably makes enough money to continue to provide the little 5 mb of space, but if you times that by how many "free" sites they have put up the sum is very large. I have read recently and I am sure many have that these genealogy websites were not prepared and have over millions of visitors everyday. Imagine the expences Ancestry has with their human resources, many of us have flipped through census microfilm or images can you imagine the $$ paid for the time of all the people out there uploading these millions of records. What a FUN and INTERESTING business Ancestry.com has made for themself and as I know it today is the ONLY inexpensive and HONEST pay site there is. Not to mention the merge with RootsWeb, smart move they have increased traffic...I'm sure. And now we are PRETTY SURE RootsWeb will not go away because Ancestry makes more $$ and more records are put up and supporting RootsWeb is a HUGE part of a genealogists life, so lets face it. We all need to support Ancestry so they can continue to support RootsWeb.com I hardly EVER express my opinion, usually just read and of course here I go and I am SO NEW to this LIST....lol Hope I have not offended anyone. Best Regards, Sandy http://www.geocities.com/scarletgen/index.html Grant County, WI Biographies ~ County Coordinator http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scarletgen/index.html Scarletgen's Elusive SCOTT Family http://www.rootssearch.net/mygensite/sscarletgen/ Searching for the Ancestry of John ATTEBERRY ----- Original Message ----- From: Kith-n-Kin <Kith-n-Kin@att.net> Date: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:25 am Subject: RE: [KY] What won't they think of next? > Hi list > > I don't see a problem here. I've been paying my way for my > "MyFamily.com" website for quite awhile now. > Seems that there may have been a "free" small site, but the paid > site is much better. > > Of course, you don't have to have a site. Frankly, it is hard to > keep one up, so it is up to you. No one > visits my site except relatives I've invited. > > Just try to remember that "they" (whoever they are) have to pay > for the servers and all the allied service > to keep them up and running. If "we" don't pay for it, who will? > > I don't think MyFamily.com is a charity. And, frankly, even those > who have been set up as > "not-for-profits" are finding it hard going and some have moved > their stuff to paid sites. > > This is my hobby. I don't golf, don't go to a lot of movies, etc. > So, this is where my money goes. > > Pat (in Tucson) > > -----Original Message----- > From: A. Shatt [gen_volunteer@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 20:39 > To: KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KY] What won't they think of next? > > > Well, I wonder what theyll be charging for next?? Freepages, > genweb, these > mailing lists? 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