Thanks Jeff. That's what I was thinking. The promo on the site, sounded to good to be true. For example, on the website, Genealogy Detective promises to: Access over 5,000 databases INSTANTLY Locate hardest to find PRIMARY RECORDS Explore SECRET GENEALOGY WEB SITES Why in the world would anyone have a "SECRET" Genealogy Web site? Isn't the purpose of putting it on the web is for other's to view? DUH!!! SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM TO ME!!!!........ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Davis" <jeffrey.davis41@verizon.net> To: <OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [OHWASH] GENEALOGY DETECTIVE > Debbie, > > I purchased this software last year and was very displeased with not only > the product, but the company. There was nothing new to be found, and the > company was impossible to contact. Tried to get a refund but finally gave up > and chocked it up to a 'learning experience" In watching your posts here, I > d say you already know much more than Gen. Detective has to offer. > > My vote: Don't waste your money > > -------Original Message------- > > From: OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: 01/24/04 17:05:05 > To: OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHWASH] GENEALOGY DETECTIVE > > Does anyone have the GENEALOGY DETECTIVE? > > I was wondering if it is worth the download. > I would like to purchase the download, but if it gives you the SAME info as > ancestry.com and genealogy.com I don't want it because I already subscribe > to that. > > I wonder if it can get me access to things that the other websites don't > have. I didn't see anywhere on the site that indicates it is affiliated with > ancestry.com or genealogy.com > > Here is the website link > http://affiliates.jeanharris.com/cgi-bin/clickthru.cgi?pid=GD&sid=sgr2000 > > Thanks > Debbie (Noland) Nitsche > Diamonddeb@comcast.net > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Probably part of the same scam that from genealogy scam that has been going around. One guy was arrested not long ago, but he must be back out because I got some more emails from his "company" again. You cannot reach them through email. Once you sign up, that is it. They have your money and change addresses and names frequently. Use names like GenSeekers, GenConnect, Genlocator, etc. Dana Here is a copy of an email I got from my PA list: Were You Victimized by This Genealogy Scam Artist ? > > I have written a number of times about GenSeekers. This site is owned and > operated by Mr. Elias Abodeely of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Abodeely is a > 21-year-old who has operated a number of Web sites, using various business > names, including genealogydevelopments.com, familydiscovery.com, > genealogyfinders.net, genlocator.com, genseeker.com, genseekers.com, > genealogy-express.com, and probably many others. Most of these are Web > sites that remain online for a few weeks while the owner collects money > from would-be customers. The sites then get shut down as the complaints > mount, but new ones appear with similar wording. > > Elias Abodeely has advertised his Web sites with thousands of spam e-mails. > These messages claim to offer access to millions of online genealogy > records for about $60.00 a year. (The price varies a bit from one ad to > another.) Once signed up for this "service," the hapless victim is given > access to a few pages of menus that point to other Web sites, all of which > are free of charge for everyone. The links on Abodeely's sites point to > FamilySearch.org, RootsWeb, and lots of other sites that you can access > right now at no charge. > > Your sixty dollars buys access to a list of links, nothing else. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie (Noland) Nitsche" <Diamonddeb@comcast.net> To: <OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [OHWASH] GENEALOGY DETECTIVE > Thanks Jeff. > That's what I was thinking. The promo on the site, sounded to good to be > true. > > For example, on the website, Genealogy Detective promises to: > Access over 5,000 databases INSTANTLY > Locate hardest to find PRIMARY RECORDS > Explore SECRET GENEALOGY WEB SITES > > Why in the world would anyone have a "SECRET" Genealogy Web site? > Isn't the purpose of putting it on the web is for other's to view? DUH!!! > > SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM TO ME!!!!........ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Davis" <jeffrey.davis41@verizon.net> > To: <OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 2:12 PM > Subject: Re: [OHWASH] GENEALOGY DETECTIVE > > > > Debbie, > > > > I purchased this software last year and was very displeased with not only > > the product, but the company. There was nothing new to be found, and the > > company was impossible to contact. Tried to get a refund but finally gave > up > > and chocked it up to a 'learning experience" In watching your posts here, > I > > d say you already know much more than Gen. Detective has to offer. > > > > My vote: Don't waste your money > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: 01/24/04 17:05:05 > > To: OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [OHWASH] GENEALOGY DETECTIVE > > > > Does anyone have the GENEALOGY DETECTIVE? > > > > I was wondering if it is worth the download. > > I would like to purchase the download, but if it gives you the SAME info > as > > ancestry.com and genealogy.com I don't want it because I already subscribe > > to that. > > > > I wonder if it can get me access to things that the other websites don't > > have. I didn't see anywhere on the site that indicates it is affiliated > with > > ancestry.com or genealogy.com > > > > Here is the website link > > http://affiliates.jeanharris.com/cgi-bin/clickthru.cgi?pid=GD&sid=sgr2000 > > > > Thanks > > Debbie (Noland) Nitsche > > Diamonddeb@comcast.net > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >