How may I ask would Ancestry be able to continue if they did not charge for subscriptions? They have to pay employees, pay for obtaining information, pay for internet space, and just like any other company, pay all taxes, etc., covering employees, buildings, etc. I, for one, have used Ancestry for almost ten years and have had no problems. I have a few family trees posted and have corrected with no problems. I have asked for assistance from their tech service and received help with no problems. I think it boils down to a person's choice - either join or not. No one is forced to pay a membership fee. BTW - my trees are still on Rootsweb as well as Ancestry. They have also had my credit card number for almost ten years and I always get an advanced notification that they will automatically renew my subscription unless I contact them. For every person that has had a problem, there are many more that have had none. Just like dealing with any other company. As far as finding information on the internet through societies, libraries, et al - it takes volunteers. So ask yourself when was the last time you walked a cemetery and transcribed it. Or gone to a court house and looked up birth, marriages, and deaths and transcribed them and offered to a library or genealogical society. Or even offered yourself as a volunteer look-up on any publications you have or looking up items at your local facilities for people who cannot get to your area. Now can we please get back to what this site is all about? Sharing information and helping each other. Shirley Shirley **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

Yes, I agree with everything you are saying. I also agree, that while I have enjoyed this conversation, I think it's time to get back to what this list is for-Miami County research and was thinking about suggesting that myself. Debbie Carder Mayes http://allencogenealogysociety.homestead.com/Main.html www.tribalpages.com/tribes/deb6102 www.tribalpages.com/tribes/dac6102 www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Edythe98@aol.com> To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > How may I ask would Ancestry be able to continue if they did not charge > for > subscriptions? They have to pay employees, pay for obtaining information, > pay > for internet space, and just like any other company, pay all taxes, etc., > covering employees, buildings, etc. > > I, for one, have used Ancestry for almost ten years and have had no > problems. > I have a few family trees posted and have corrected with no problems. I > have asked for assistance from their tech service and received help with > no > problems. > > I think it boils down to a person's choice - either join or not. No one > is > forced to pay a membership fee. BTW - my trees are still on Rootsweb as > well > as Ancestry. They have also had my credit card number for almost ten > years and > I always get an advanced notification that they will automatically renew > my > subscription unless I contact them. > > For every person that has had a problem, there are many more that have had > none. Just like dealing with any other company. > > As far as finding information on the internet through societies, > libraries, > et al - it takes volunteers. So ask yourself when was the last time you > walked > a cemetery and transcribed it. Or gone to a court house and looked up > birth, > marriages, and deaths and transcribed them and offered to a library or > genealogical society. Or even offered yourself as a volunteer look-up on > any > publications you have or looking up items at your local facilities for > people who > cannot get to your area. > > Now can we please get back to what this site is all about? Sharing > information and helping each other. > > Shirley > > Shirley > > > > **************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