I am the CC of Polk County and the administrator of the Polk Co mail list. I am going to start setting up an alternative mail list for all my counties in the next few days. I will be doing my best to have this set up quickly and will subscribe all of you to the new list. Gayle Triller CC Polk County. > On January 7, 2020 at 10:28 PM Aaron Hill <hillaj@outlook.com> wrote: > > > I am not happy about this. I received the following message this morning. Please protest this short-sighted move, if you want. Perhaps if they hear from enough us, Ancestry will reverse course. > > To comment on this draconian move, send your message to rwmailinglists@ancestry.com or contact Ancestry via 1-800-615-6560. For other methods, such as mail, visit https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/contact-us. > > Aaron J. Hill > aaronjhill.wordpress.com > > > From RootsWeb Administration <rwmailinglists@ancestry.com> > Tue 1/7/2020 9:36 AM > > Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state. > > Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb. > > As an alternative to RootsWeb Mailing Lists, Ancestry message boards are a great option to network with others in the genealogy community. Message boards are available for free with an Ancestry registered account. > Thank you for being part of the RootsWeb family and contributing to this community. > > Sincerely, > The RootsWeb team > > https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/rootsweb-listowners-announcements.rootsweb.com/thread/35491416/ > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/orpolk@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community