> Subject: > [BROWNING] Family Discovery > Date: > Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:55:49 -0600 > From: > Jack Cox > To: > BROWNING-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Well, Family Discovery is back at it. These two kids from Cedar Rapids > Iowa are charging $43.00 to 59.00 for "unlimited access to their > website. The only problem is that their website is a conglomoration of > OTHER PEOPLE'S research. They put all the links they can find on their > site - even linking to other peoples personal web pages. > > Further, most of their data "cells" are empty. They claim to have > census, marriage, land records, etc., and they do . . . kind of . . . > > For example, for Illinois, all they have are: > > A link for marriage, cemetery and death records (which doesn't work) > > A link for Civil War regiments - which takes you to the Illinois Civil > War Project > > Civil War regiment nicknames - which takes you to the Illinois Civil War > > Project > > Casualty lists for the Korean and Viet Nam war - which takes you to NARA > > records. > > If you're even tempted to buy this service, you may want to take a look > here: > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/members/ > > ______________________________ > >