Nothing is free; you pay a price, if not monetarily. Has anyone checked into all of Ancestry's affiliations, now? Even family search.com is tied into Ancestry. Scary. crystalwoman@montana.com writes: > Rootsweb.com was my first favorite FREE genealogical online site, as well > as Cyndi'sList.com, and a few others. > > Ancestry.com had its beginnings early on as well, yet like any 'hog monguls' > in our society, they saw a way to make big $$. They started collecting all > that was online even taking over data on Rootsweb and others, then charging a > pricey Membership fee for us to see a lot of our own data, no less what our > cousins had worked hard to find over the years. ************** Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)