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    1. [BKLYN] Ancestry and Family Search
    2. I am indexing for FamilySearch. I recently found that FamilySearch is going to let Ancestry.com have the images that I and others are typing up for them on their paid site. This made me very angry and I am now deciding if I should continue taking the time to give a paid site information that I thought would be on the net for free. I contacted Family Search and here is their reply: We have really appreciated all of the work you have done on the indexing, and hope this will answer some of your concerns about who has access to our indexing. The FamilySearch offers millions of indexed records and images for no charge directly through Record Search. Additionally, in order to increase public access to massive genealogy collections worldwide, FamilySearch will provide free services to archives and other records custodians who wish to digitize, index, publish, and preserve their collections. You can search the indexes of these record collections for free on FamilySearch, and the records custodian's site will provide access to the images for free or a fee depending on the needs of the archive and those assisting in the digitization. When the images are accessed from a record custodian, the link that takes you to the image will take you to a different website to view the image. You will be instructed there what you need to do to be able to access the immage. Unfortuanally some record constodian's charge fees for using their informaton, but be assured this won't happen with our record search sites. Thanks again for all of your work please EMail or Call us if you have any further questions. Our Toll Free Number is 1-866-406-1830. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

    07/23/2008 05:08:33