Hi, I use family search and ancestry.com. I have gotten alot of free information from these sites and others. I have never subscribed to one of these sites. If I want more information I use the library that I support in my community or I go to a local historical society library or museum. They are very gracious and open to sharing. If I want to register my ancestors as a first family in that county, I join that society; I at least try to leave a small donation to support their efforts. I use a PAF file to organize and manage my family information. I downloaded this PAF file for free from familysearch. I back up my file on a disc regularly to protect my work from any difficulties with my computer. Volunteers staff alot of these local institutions. Alot of the information on genealogy was done by these tireless people long before I became interested in genealogy and I am sincerely grateful to them for preserving my heritage. I agree that the LDS websites can seem like a juggernaut but I saw on a program on TV that they have information on millions of names. It must be very costly to gather and preserve all of that information. To manage it and make it available to everyone in so many ways seems like an impossible task. I have not put any information out there yet but I will when I am more confident in my own information. I know that I will be responsible for the content and I don't want to make any mistakes. I know that people will look at my file and possibly contact me with new information, possible corrections or questions. This can only make my information more accurate and complete. With such a wide audience who knows what connections I might make. Each of us is an individual. Its no big deal, do it however it suits you. Just have fun. Jeanne June London <londonjaws@modempool.com> wrote: This is very true. My computer crashed a few years back and I lost my genealogy information. I tried to get them to give me it and they said only with a subscription !! I said I gave it for free and they said thank you and you need a subscription.. June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > News to me.... > > What sites would those be and WHERE on Ancestry is the information housed? > > 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: Gwamma38@aol.com > To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com > Sent: 12 February, 2008 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > > > > In a message dated 12-Feb-08 3:47:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr writes: > > >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. > > > > Ancestry DOES charge us to view our own research.....They have absorbed > sites that were holding our info in a free site. That is what has gotten > me angry > with them. > > > > **************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 > 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 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 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

I don't put my info on ancestry or rootsweb anymore because if you change your e-mail address or password, you can't get into your pages to edit and correct them. I learned that long before ancestry owned rootsweb. But for research, especially the censuses and newspapers, ancestry is the best. When I was a "newbie", I posted my genealogy on rootsweb and hadn't documented all of it yet. Later, as I gained experience, I knew that I had a lot of errors in it and I had a new e-mail address and couldn't get in to correct my pages. I contacted rootsweb and told them the situation and their attitude was "tough luck" and nothing has ever been done. I can always tell when I look at others' pages who got their information out of my old tree and I cringe when I see the incorrect info. I don't want to mislead anyone but can't get it changed. When possible, I e-mail the person or put a post em with the correction. My suggestion, though, is this. If you want to put your info online, then put it on tribalpages. Their websites are beautiful and have great features and are free and very simple to do and if you don't want just anyone looking at them, you can set them so that others have to get a password from you, although, I prefer that anyone researching my families be able to assess my site. The wonderful thing is, though, in addition to having an extremely nice website is that you can go in and edit, correct, add, delete, or change your information anytime. You are in complete control. If you want to see a couple of tribalpages websites or get your own, look below my name for mine. 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: "jeanne hime" <jkh1952@yahoo.com> To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:32 AM Subject: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > Hi, I use family search and ancestry.com. I have gotten alot of free > information from these sites and others. I have never subscribed to one of > these sites. If I want more information I use the library that I support > in my community or I go to a local historical society library or museum. > They are very gracious and open to sharing. If I want to register my > ancestors as a first family in that county, I join that society; I at > least try to leave a small donation to support their efforts. I use a PAF > file to organize and manage my family information. I downloaded this PAF > file for free from familysearch. I back up my file on a disc regularly to > protect my work from any difficulties with my computer. Volunteers staff > alot of these local institutions. Alot of the information on genealogy was > done by these tireless people long before I became interested in genealogy > and I am sincerely grateful to them for preserving my heritage. I agree > that the LDS websites can seem like a > juggernaut but I saw on a program on TV that they have information on > millions of names. It must be very costly to gather and preserve all of > that information. To manage it and make it available to everyone in so > many ways seems like an impossible task. I have not put any information > out there yet but I will when I am more confident in my own information. I > know that I will be responsible for the content and I don't want to make > any mistakes. I know that people will look at my file and possibly contact > me with new information, possible corrections or questions. This can only > make my information more accurate and complete. With such a wide audience > who knows what connections I might make. Each of us is an individual. Its > no big deal, do it however it suits you. Just have fun. Jeanne > > June London <londonjaws@modempool.com> wrote: This is very true. My > computer crashed a few years back and I lost my > genealogy information. I tried to get them to give me it and they said > only > with a subscription !! I said I gave it for free and they said thank you > and you need a subscription.. > June > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" > > To: > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:15 PM > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > > >> News to me.... >> >> What sites would those be and WHERE on Ancestry is the information >> housed? >> >> 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: Gwamma38@aol.com >> To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com >> Sent: 12 February, 2008 5:58 PM >> Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything >> >> >> >> In a message dated 12-Feb-08 3:47:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr writes: >> >> >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. >> >> >> >> Ancestry DOES charge us to view our own research.....They have absorbed >> sites that were holding our info in a free site. That is what has gotten >> me angry >> with them. >> >> >> >> **************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 >> 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 > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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Hi Debbie, You do not need an email address to sign in and edit your WorldConnect gedcom at RootsWeb. All you need is your user code or ID that you chose when you first uploaded your gedcom and your password which you also chose. The email address is changed in the edit process. Just choose advance options. If you lost or misplaced your user code and password, then I would expect that the people and RootsWeb would not be able to help you since they do not have that information, only the submitter does. Bottom line, when you first upload your gedcom to WorldConnect, write down your user code and password in a SAFE place. I keep mine in my agenda. I hope this is of some help and that you are able to update your incomplete information. 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: Debbie Carder To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Sent: 13 February, 2008 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. I don't put my info on ancestry or rootsweb anymore because if you change your e-mail address or password, you can't get into your pages to edit and correct them. I learned that long before ancestry owned rootsweb. But for research, especially the censuses and newspapers, ancestry is the best. When I was a "newbie", I posted my genealogy on rootsweb and hadn't documented all of it yet. Later, as I gained experience, I knew that I had a lot of errors in it and I had a new e-mail address and couldn't get in to correct my pages. I contacted rootsweb and told them the situation and their attitude was "tough luck" and nothing has ever been done. I can always tell when I look at others' pages who got their information out of my old tree and I cringe when I see the incorrect info. I don't want to mislead anyone but can't get it changed. When possible, I e-mail the person or put a post em with the correction. My suggestion, though, is this. If you want to put your info online, then put it on tribalpages. Their websites are beautiful and have great features and are free and very simple to do and if you don't want just anyone looking at them, you can set them so that others have to get a password from you, although, I prefer that anyone researching my families be able to assess my site. The wonderful thing is, though, in addition to having an extremely nice website is that you can go in and edit, correct, add, delete, or change your information anytime. You are in complete control. If you want to see a couple of tribalpages websites or get your own, look below my name for mine. 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: "jeanne hime" <jkh1952@yahoo.com> To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:32 AM Subject: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > Hi, I use family search and ancestry.com. I have gotten alot of free > information from these sites and others. I have never subscribed to one of > these sites. If I want more information I use the library that I support > in my community or I go to a local historical society library or museum. > They are very gracious and open to sharing. If I want to register my > ancestors as a first family in that county, I join that society; I at > least try to leave a small donation to support their efforts. I use a PAF > file to organize and manage my family information. I downloaded this PAF > file for free from familysearch. I back up my file on a disc regularly to > protect my work from any difficulties with my computer. Volunteers staff > alot of these local institutions. Alot of the information on genealogy was > done by these tireless people long before I became interested in genealogy > and I am sincerely grateful to them for preserving my heritage. I agree > that the LDS websites can seem like a > juggernaut but I saw on a program on TV that they have information on > millions of names. It must be very costly to gather and preserve all of > that information. To manage it and make it available to everyone in so > many ways seems like an impossible task. I have not put any information > out there yet but I will when I am more confident in my own information. I > know that I will be responsible for the content and I don't want to make > any mistakes. I know that people will look at my file and possibly contact > me with new information, possible corrections or questions. This can only > make my information more accurate and complete. With such a wide audience > who knows what connections I might make. Each of us is an individual. Its > no big deal, do it however it suits you. Just have fun. Jeanne > > June London <londonjaws@modempool.com> wrote: This is very true. My > computer crashed a few years back and I lost my > genealogy information. I tried to get them to give me it and they said > only > with a subscription !! I said I gave it for free and they said thank you > and you need a subscription.. > June > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" > > To: > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:15 PM > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > > >> News to me.... >> >> What sites would those be and WHERE on Ancestry is the information >> housed? >> >> 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: Gwamma38@aol.com >> To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com >> Sent: 12 February, 2008 5:58 PM >> Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything >> >> >> >> In a message dated 12-Feb-08 3:47:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr writes: >> >> >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. >> >> >> >> Ancestry DOES charge us to view our own research.....They have absorbed >> sites that were holding our info in a free site. That is what has gotten >> me angry >> with them. >> >> >> >> **************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 >> 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 > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > 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 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

Apparently, you did at one time as I wrote them and phoned them and was told both times that my user code and password was invalid because it did not match the e-mail address those were assigned to and that it could not be changed. 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: "Linda H. Gutierrez" <lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr> To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > Hi Debbie, > > You do not need an email address to sign in and edit your WorldConnect > gedcom at RootsWeb. All you need is your user code or ID that you chose > when you first uploaded your gedcom and your password which you also > chose. The email address is changed in the edit process. Just choose > advance options. > > If you lost or misplaced your user code and password, then I would expect > that the people and RootsWeb would not be able to help you since they do > not have that information, only the submitter does. > > Bottom line, when you first upload your gedcom to WorldConnect, write down > your user code and password in a SAFE place. I keep mine in my agenda. > > I hope this is of some help and that you are able to update your > incomplete information. > > 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: Debbie Carder > To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com > Sent: 13 February, 2008 12:08 AM > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > > > I don't put my info on ancestry or rootsweb anymore because if you change > your e-mail address or password, you can't get into your pages to edit > and > correct them. I learned that long before ancestry owned rootsweb. But > for research, especially the censuses and newspapers, ancestry is the > best. > When I was a "newbie", I posted my genealogy on rootsweb and hadn't > documented all of it yet. Later, as I gained experience, I knew that I > had > a lot of errors in it and I had a new e-mail address and couldn't get in > to > correct my pages. I contacted rootsweb and told them the situation and > their attitude was "tough luck" and nothing has ever been done. > I can always tell when I look at others' pages who got their information > out > of my old tree and I cringe when I see the incorrect info. I don't want > to > mislead anyone but can't get it changed. When possible, I e-mail the > person > or put a post em with the correction. > My suggestion, though, is this. If you want to put your info online, > then > put it on tribalpages. Their websites are beautiful and have great > features > and are free and very simple to do and if you don't want just anyone > looking > at them, you can set them so that others have to get a password from you, > although, I prefer that anyone researching my families be able to assess > my > site. The wonderful thing is, though, in addition to having an extremely > nice website is that you can go in and edit, correct, add, delete, or > change > your information anytime. You are in complete control. > If you want to see a couple of tribalpages websites or get your own, look > below my name for mine. > 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: "jeanne hime" <jkh1952@yahoo.com> > To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:32 AM > Subject: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > > > > Hi, I use family search and ancestry.com. I have gotten alot of free > > information from these sites and others. I have never subscribed to one > of > > these sites. If I want more information I use the library that I > support > > in my community or I go to a local historical society library or > museum. > > They are very gracious and open to sharing. If I want to register my > > ancestors as a first family in that county, I join that society; I at > > least try to leave a small donation to support their efforts. I use a > PAF > > file to organize and manage my family information. I downloaded this > PAF > > file for free from familysearch. I back up my file on a disc regularly > to > > protect my work from any difficulties with my computer. Volunteers > staff > > alot of these local institutions. Alot of the information on genealogy > was > > done by these tireless people long before I became interested in > genealogy > > and I am sincerely grateful to them for preserving my heritage. I agree > > that the LDS websites can seem like a > > juggernaut but I saw on a program on TV that they have information on > > millions of names. It must be very costly to gather and preserve all of > > that information. To manage it and make it available to everyone in so > > many ways seems like an impossible task. I have not put any information > > out there yet but I will when I am more confident in my own > information. I > > know that I will be responsible for the content and I don't want to > make > > any mistakes. I know that people will look at my file and possibly > contact > > me with new information, possible corrections or questions. This can > only > > make my information more accurate and complete. With such a wide > audience > > who knows what connections I might make. Each of us is an individual. > Its > > no big deal, do it however it suits you. Just have fun. Jeanne > > > > June London <londonjaws@modempool.com> wrote: This is very true. My > > computer crashed a few years back and I lost my > > genealogy information. I tried to get them to give me it and they said > > only > > with a subscription !! I said I gave it for free and they said thank > you > > and you need a subscription.. > > June > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" > > > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > > > > > >> News to me.... > >> > >> What sites would those be and WHERE on Ancestry is the information > >> housed? > >> > >> 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: Gwamma38@aol.com > >> To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com > >> Sent: 12 February, 2008 5:58 PM > >> Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > >> > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 12-Feb-08 3:47:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > >> lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr writes: > >> > >> >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. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ancestry DOES charge us to view our own research.....They have > absorbed > >> sites that were holding our info in a free site. That is what has > gotten > >> me angry > >> with them. > >> > >> > >> > >> **************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 > >> 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 > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it > > now. > > 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 > > 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 > 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

Debbie, have you tried contacting the helpdesk at RootsWeb (by email)? They are very helpful there. If you can provide enough information to them to prove the tree(s) is/are yours, there should be some way they could help you. If I were you I would give it another try... what do you have to lose? 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: Debbie Carder To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Sent: 13 February, 2008 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. Apparently, you did at one time as I wrote them and phoned them and was told both times that my user code and password was invalid because it did not match the e-mail address those were assigned to and that it could not be changed. 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: "Linda H. Gutierrez" <lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr> To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > Hi Debbie, > > You do not need an email address to sign in and edit your WorldConnect > gedcom at RootsWeb. All you need is your user code or ID that you chose > when you first uploaded your gedcom and your password which you also > chose. The email address is changed in the edit process. Just choose > advance options. > > If you lost or misplaced your user code and password, then I would expect > that the people and RootsWeb would not be able to help you since they do > not have that information, only the submitter does. > > Bottom line, when you first upload your gedcom to WorldConnect, write down > your user code and password in a SAFE place. I keep mine in my agenda. > > I hope this is of some help and that you are able to update your > incomplete information. > > 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: Debbie Carder > To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com > Sent: 13 February, 2008 12:08 AM > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > > > I don't put my info on ancestry or rootsweb anymore because if you change > your e-mail address or password, you can't get into your pages to edit > and > correct them. I learned that long before ancestry owned rootsweb. But > for research, especially the censuses and newspapers, ancestry is the > best. > When I was a "newbie", I posted my genealogy on rootsweb and hadn't > documented all of it yet. Later, as I gained experience, I knew that I > had > a lot of errors in it and I had a new e-mail address and couldn't get in > to > correct my pages. I contacted rootsweb and told them the situation and > their attitude was "tough luck" and nothing has ever been done. > I can always tell when I look at others' pages who got their information > out > of my old tree and I cringe when I see the incorrect info. I don't want > to > mislead anyone but can't get it changed. When possible, I e-mail the > person > or put a post em with the correction. > My suggestion, though, is this. If you want to put your info online, > then > put it on tribalpages. Their websites are beautiful and have great > features > and are free and very simple to do and if you don't want just anyone > looking > at them, you can set them so that others have to get a password from you, > although, I prefer that anyone researching my families be able to assess > my > site. The wonderful thing is, though, in addition to having an extremely > nice website is that you can go in and edit, correct, add, delete, or > change > your information anytime. You are in complete control. > If you want to see a couple of tribalpages websites or get your own, look > below my name for mine. > 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: "jeanne hime" <jkh1952@yahoo.com> > To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:32 AM > Subject: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. > > > > Hi, I use family search and ancestry.com. I have gotten alot of free > > information from these sites and others. I have never subscribed to one > of > > these sites. If I want more information I use the library that I > support > > in my community or I go to a local historical society library or > museum. > > They are very gracious and open to sharing. If I want to register my > > ancestors as a first family in that county, I join that society; I at > > least try to leave a small donation to support their efforts. I use a > PAF > > file to organize and manage my family information. I downloaded this > PAF > > file for free from familysearch. I back up my file on a disc regularly > to > > protect my work from any difficulties with my computer. Volunteers > staff > > alot of these local institutions. Alot of the information on genealogy > was > > done by these tireless people long before I became interested in > genealogy > > and I am sincerely grateful to them for preserving my heritage. I agree > > that the LDS websites can seem like a > > juggernaut but I saw on a program on TV that they have information on > > millions of names. It must be very costly to gather and preserve all of > > that information. To manage it and make it available to everyone in so > > many ways seems like an impossible task. I have not put any information > > out there yet but I will when I am more confident in my own > information. I > > know that I will be responsible for the content and I don't want to > make > > any mistakes. I know that people will look at my file and possibly > contact > > me with new information, possible corrections or questions. This can > only > > make my information more accurate and complete. With such a wide > audience > > who knows what connections I might make. Each of us is an individual. > Its > > no big deal, do it however it suits you. Just have fun. Jeanne > > > > June London <londonjaws@modempool.com> wrote: This is very true. My > > computer crashed a few years back and I lost my > > genealogy information. I tried to get them to give me it and they said > > only > > with a subscription !! I said I gave it for free and they said thank > you > > and you need a subscription.. > > June > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" > > > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > > > > > >> News to me.... > >> > >> What sites would those be and WHERE on Ancestry is the information > >> housed? > >> > >> 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: Gwamma38@aol.com > >> To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com > >> Sent: 12 February, 2008 5:58 PM > >> Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > >> > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 12-Feb-08 3:47:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > >> lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr writes: > >> > >> >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. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ancestry DOES charge us to view our own research.....They have > absorbed > >> sites that were holding our info in a free site. That is what has > gotten > >> me angry > >> with them. > >> > >> > >> > >> **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the > Grammy > >> Awards. 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Good advice, Jean! 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: jeanne hime To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Sent: 12 February, 2008 11:32 PM Subject: [OHMIAMI] Genealogy research sites. Hi, I use family search and ancestry.com. I have gotten alot of free information from these sites and others. I have never subscribed to one of these sites. If I want more information I use the library that I support in my community or I go to a local historical society library or museum. They are very gracious and open to sharing. If I want to register my ancestors as a first family in that county, I join that society; I at least try to leave a small donation to support their efforts. I use a PAF file to organize and manage my family information. I downloaded this PAF file for free from familysearch. I back up my file on a disc regularly to protect my work from any difficulties with my computer. Volunteers staff alot of these local institutions. Alot of the information on genealogy was done by these tireless people long before I became interested in genealogy and I am sincerely grateful to them for preserving my heritage. I agree that the LDS websites can seem like a juggernaut but I saw on a program on TV that they have information on millions of names. It must be very costly to gather and preserve all of that information. To manage it and make it available to everyone in so many ways seems like an impossible task. I have not put any information out there yet but I will when I am more confident in my own information. I know that I will be responsible for the content and I don't want to make any mistakes. I know that people will look at my file and possibly contact me with new information, possible corrections or questions. This can only make my information more accurate and complete. With such a wide audience who knows what connections I might make. Each of us is an individual. Its no big deal, do it however it suits you. Just have fun. Jeanne June London <londonjaws@modempool.com> wrote: This is very true. My computer crashed a few years back and I lost my genealogy information. I tried to get them to give me it and they said only with a subscription !! I said I gave it for free and they said thank you and you need a subscription.. June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > News to me.... > > What sites would those be and WHERE on Ancestry is the information housed? > > 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: Gwamma38@aol.com > To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com > Sent: 12 February, 2008 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Ancestry charges for almost everything > > > > In a message dated 12-Feb-08 3:47:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr writes: > > >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. > > > > Ancestry DOES charge us to view our own research.....They have absorbed > sites that were holding our info in a free site. That is what has gotten > me angry > with them. > > > > **************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 > 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 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 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. 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