FYI, the service is a search tool. Here is a response from an Ancestry representative. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@cox.net> To: <USGENWEB-SW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 2:55 AM Subject: [USGenWeb-SW] Fw: [OKMUSKOG] Ancestry to begin charging for One World Tree > Below is a response to the message I posted yesterday about > Ancestry's One World Tree. The way I read and understood the > information page was what I posted yesterday. If I was > incorrect my apologies. > > Linda > homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ > TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Myra Vanderpool Gormley" <myravgormley@earthlink.net> > To: <OKMUSKOG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 6:34 PM > Subject: Re: [OKMUSKOG] Ancestry to begin charging for One > World Tree > > > | Let's set the record straight, Family Trees you submit to > RootsWeb's > | WorldConnect and/or Ancestry World Tree continue to be > free for anyone to > | access and search just as they always have been. NOTHING > has changed as to > | your use of WorldConnect/AWT's combined database. > | > | The new program that has recently come along is One World > Tree (OWT), which > | is a new advanced subscription search feature ( it's a > tool) that matches > | data found in the free trees and some of the pay databases > and census > | records found at Ancestry, and stitches it into a finished > product to cut > | out the work of searching and matching data for the > subscriber. What the > | subscriber to OWT is paying for is the convenience of > having the searching > | and matching done for him....not for accessing or > searching the free family > | trees housed on their site. > | > | Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG > | > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@cox.net> > | To: <OKMUSKOG-L@rootsweb.com> > | Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:10 PM > | Subject: [OKMUSKOG] 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 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. > | > > | > Feel free to pass this along to other lists. > | > > | > Linda > | > homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > | > MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ > | > TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > ==== OKMUSKOG Mailing List ==== > | > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, > | political > | > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, > | > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for > | removal. > | > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > | kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > | > Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website > | http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm > | > > | > ============================== > | > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration > | > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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