Thanks, Pam, I appreciate the information. Guess I did miss something. Leah ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:49 AM Subject: [LOONEY-L] Re: Your Letter > Dear Leah, > I am one of those people who use ancestry.com and yes I am paying a small fee > for it, but find it is worth it! > The advantage of using this site is you have access to all the population > census, social security, land deeds, historical documents --just to name a > few of the government records available.There are old maps, information on > how counties and states were made and when. The search engine is incredible > and gives you tons of information on leads that you probably would have never > found anywhere else. The forms available for me to use are very helpful also! > All of this information is available at one sight instead of searching tons > of sites, > It is a time saver for me too because I do not live close to any Historical / > Family Center Libraries where I can do the research. > You are given a choice to submit you family tree if you want to. I have not - > I feel that one should not submit information until all the information has > been documented. The flip side of that is, through the information that the > people have sent, I have found connections to the families I have researched. > I would say for the small fee that I pay to Ancestry.com is well worth it!! > I hope this helps you to understand some of the reasons why we choose to use > the .com (s) that are available for us on the internet. > Sincerely, > Pam > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > See our HomePages at > http://Members.AOL.Com/jsully7 (Descendants of Robert Lunney) or > http://www.Flash.Net/~johnsonl (Includes Leroy W. Tilton's work) or > http://Welcome.to/TheLooneyFamily (Elsie Stroud's Works) or > http://www.mindspring.com/~mozark (Native American Looneys - John) > >