Hi Terry, Thanks for writing. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tlkanago@cs.com> To: <MOHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [MOHenry] [admin] RootsWeb / Ancestry Explanation > >I appreciate your position regarding the support of Ancestry and I would > hate to >see RootsWeb discontiued, but I have to express my frustration > everytime I want >to see information from a 'public' record I am asked to pay > for it. In addition >Ancestry asks you for $$ from you, even though you > can't be sure you will ever >find a single ancestor from their records. Many > people can't afford their fees. > I understand your frustration. Genealogy research is *not* inexpensive. Ancestry provides an online convenience. Many people *can't* afford their fees. There are *no* guarantees, whether you are searching Ancestry online or otherwise searching for and collecting information at Cemeteries, Court Houses, Libraries, or other Archival Repositories. > I have to agree with Michelle. I currently have a membership on Ancestry, > and even paid the extra for the Images Online, and when everything works it's > a decent deal for me. But right now their service leaves much to be desired. > The issue I'm fighting right now is on the census images -- EVERY SINGLE > county and year that I need, half or more of the images are missing or > broken. So I've paid all this money for something that is worthless to me. > They say they're going to fix it, but in the meantime, I don't hear any > mention of pro-rating the cost to current members for all the time the > services are not available. I'm very frustrated. [snip] The Ancestry Census Images Online are new and they are being improved but there are a few wrinkles that need to be ironed out. If people will just be patient. There is tremendous overhead to provide this service. I contribute to the Ancestry Census Images Online to help make or have this resource readily available online. There have been other endeavors to provide census images online. I am not aware of any that have thus far been successful? I feel that the new Ancestry Census Images Online will someday become something that we are all very proud of and wouldn't think of doing without! We are fortunate that Ancestry has stepped in to keep RootsWeb and it's concept of free genealogy aided by volunteers available to researchers! I would like to continue to help genealogical researchers find their ancestors and without Ancestry/RootsWeb where would we be? I don't know about you but I use Ancestry/RootsWeb and the Internet to help others make connections as well as make connections myself. :-)) Thanks again, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks ************************* > ==== MOHENRY Mailing List ==== > Make a Connection - Helpful Web sites for Mailing Lists & Message Boards > > Genealogy Resources on the Internet, Mailing Lists: > http://users.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html > > User Mailing Lists hosted by RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > > RootsWeb Message Boards > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >