Much too good to be true, in fact. These FamilyDiscovery people are charging for access to a list of links, many of which are part of the USGenWeb Project, that are completely free of charge. Basically, they want to lure you in to something that's already free to anyone, so while they're not technically a fraud, they aren't providing anything that isn't already readily available. And from what I've seen of their Pennsylvania listings, they don't have very much to offer either; for the entire state, there might be three dozen links, and none of them at all from the Chester area. Pretty poor showing, I would say. I found it quite annoying to see someone trying to make a buck off the hard work done voluntarily by so many others. -Mary listowner, PACHESTE-L http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Townsend <art4dodger@earthlink.net> To: <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 7:11 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Familydiscovery.com > Hi lists, > I have been contacted by the above online genealogy data base asking > me to subscribe. Does anyone know anything about them? Are they legit.? > One time fee of $45.00 to use the site forever. Sounds like one of those > "if it sounds too good to be true...."! > Thanks, Alan > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > > >

Please see http://gene_olson.tripod.com/index.html for a complete dialog on Family Discovery. --Derick At 07:38 PM 10/6/00, Mary Harris wrote: >Much too good to be true, in fact. These FamilyDiscovery people are charging >for access to a list of links, many of which are part of the USGenWeb >Project, that are completely free of charge. Basically, they want to lure >you in to something that's already free to anyone, so while they're not >technically a fraud, they aren't providing anything that isn't already >readily available. And from what I've seen of their Pennsylvania listings, >they don't have very much to offer either; for the entire state, there might >be three dozen links, and none of them at all from the Chester area. Pretty >poor showing, I would say. I found it quite annoying to see someone trying >to make a buck off the hard work done voluntarily by so many others. > >-Mary >listowner, PACHESTE-L >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Alan Townsend <art4dodger@earthlink.net> >To: <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 7:11 PM >Subject: [PACHESTE] Familydiscovery.com > > > > Hi lists, > > I have been contacted by the above online genealogy data base asking > > me to subscribe. Does anyone know anything about them? Are they legit.? > > One time fee of $45.00 to use the site forever. Sounds like one of those > > "if it sounds too good to be true...."! > > Thanks, Alan > > > > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Visit the PA GenWeb Archives at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm