If you have submitted a family tree to Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree site, you need to be aware of a change about to be implemented by Ancestry. Family Trees uploaded to the OneWorldTree site, which have been free heretofore, will be moved into a subscription data base. After approximately May 21st this data base will no longer be accessible for free. Ancestry will be begin offering a OneWorldTree Preview at $49.95 for 14 months for access to these donated trees. If you'd prefer that your information not be sold, there is a link below which will take you to a set of instructions on opting out by deleting your tree. Go first here: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/ When you arrive at the page - look for the link toward the top "What's a preview?" Read the information and then click on "View our checklist" (which appears on #3). On the page is a statement that says "If for any reason you do not want your tree to be part of the new OneWorldTree service, you must delete it from the Ancestry World Tree database by tentatively May 21, 2004." Click on the link "Deleting a tree you submitted". The resulting page gives instructions on how to delete your tree.

One of the other list administrators checked with Rootsweb/Ancestry, and this is what she was told: ----------------------------------------- Trees uploaded to either side (RW/Ancestry) are visible from both sides. Ancestry is *not* charging for access or selling trees: access will remain free from both the RootsWeb and Ancestry side as it has always been. What Ancestry is offering for an extra charge is access to a special search engine to search the trees for you. Folks can still search the trees manually or browse the trees for free the same way they always have. Think of it like a research assistant: you can hire someone to help you look for your ancestors, or you can research yourself for free. That's essentially what it is, except that it's computerized, not human. ----------------------------------------------- so we seem to have some conflicting information. Don Erickson, Colorado Springs CO USA don.erickson@adelphia.net don@erickson.net http://home.pcisys.net/~don_erickson/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vanessa Burzynski" <burzynsk@swbell.net> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Ancestry to begin charging for One World Tree > > If you have submitted a family tree to Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree site, you need to be aware of a change about to be implemented by Ancestry. Family Trees uploaded to the OneWorldTree site, which have been free heretofore, will be moved into a subscription data base. After approximately May 21st this data base will no longer be accessible for free. Ancestry will be begin offering a OneWorldTree Preview at $49.95 for 14 months for access to these donated trees. If you'd prefer that your information not be sold, there is a link below which will take you to a set of instructions on opting out by deleting your tree. Go first here: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/ > > When you arrive at the page - look for the link toward the top "What's a preview?" > > Read the information and then click on "View our checklist" (which appears on #3). > > On the page is a statement that says "If for any reason you do not want your tree to be part of the new OneWorldTree service, you must delete it from the Ancestry World Tree database by tentatively May 21, 2004." > > Click on the link "Deleting a tree you submitted". > > The resulting page gives instructions on how to delete your tree. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >