Hi Susan, Ancestry does not USE anyone's research. They offer server space for anyone who wants to put it there. They do nothing to it, the only changes made are those the contributor makes themselves. The only one to own the information is the contributor. Ancestry has no claim to it. The Ancestry World Trees are free to search as well as the 1880 US census, the SSDI and a few other databases. I hope this answers your question. Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, NY Records and Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ Monroe County, NY History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ ----- Original Message ----- From: SUSZH@aol.com To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Sent: 12 February, 2008 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Museum Question In a message dated 2/12/2008 9:30:59 A.M. Central Standard Time, lbooher6@woh.rr.com writes: yes, they use your research.Speaking of Ancestry.com I'm curious as to how they use your research? Would someone explain, please? Susan **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) tdn-net.com/genealogy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message