Fellow Listers: > I was one of many who complained to Rootsweb when they began making > changes which I found to be inconvenient and unwarranted in the many lists > to which I subscribe. Their reponse to me was that MyFamily.comInc had > taken over Ancestry, Rootsweb, and other genealogy sites (whose names I > can't recall right now), and that MyFamily.comInc had instituted new software > which automatically required some changes, which even Rootsweb admitted > they did not like. However, they said, they had no choice but to utilize > the new software that had been provided. Unfortunately, MyFamily.comInc. > did not respond to the reactions and responses of all their users like us, > and the increasing dissatisfaction was ignored. The changes for Web > sites hosted at RootsWeb.com have prompted many sites associated with the > USGenWeb project to move off of the RootsWeb servers to other servers and > ISPs. Many of the the state and county coordinators at USGenWeb have > elected to move their sites, and there may be a bit of confusion for a > while until all of the links get sorted out. Kentucky State Pages are > also moving. They already had their own domain, so the URL > (www.kygenweb.net) won't change, but the pages will now be hosted on a new > server. Only time will tell whether all these changes are for the good, > or not. I'm willing to go with it in hope that it may be a change for the > better! > > Thought this might help to explain the change for the Green county site to > those who had not heard what was transpiring. All I have said above has > been told to me by others. "All I know is what the big boys tell > me"...as my friend used to say. If you have questions, contact MyFamily > at pr@myfamilyinc.com , rather than me, because I know nothing more than > what I have passed along to you. > Martha