Dear friends and list members: Some of you may have already received an e-mail from list-moms or listers regarding ancestry.com's decision to create a new "OneWorldTree" with the information that we all submitted, and then to charge $49.95 to access the information. If you have not received the e-mail and would like more information, you can follow this link http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/ . I did, and found out that the only information available to me (even from my own tree!), was the ancestor's name that I originally entered in the "search" box. Family information was listed, but was "grayed out" with a note stating "Gray text indicates information available to subscribers only." Well, I already have a broad-based subscription to ancestry's services, but apparently THIS subscription is in addition to that one. They have a wonderful discount on this service to those of us who subscribe already...only $39.95! Lucky us. This is just another in a string of problems I have had with Ancestry's services in recent months. I now realize that all of you who dissed ancestry in the past were correct. Shame on me for not listening sooner. Also, when taking all of this into consideration, also consider the fact that many, many of us who submitted trees did so with accidental errors, or unproven facts....so we're essentially being charged for "misinformation"? Tracy Howell Bend, OR P.S. If you wish to delete your submitted information, go to http://ancestry.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestry.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_ faqid=1090 for instructions.

That is not what the Rootsweb Help Desk is saying: "Ancestry is *not* charging for access to trees or selling trees: access will remain free from both the RootsWeb and Ancestry side as it has always been. "What Ancestry is offering for an extra charge is access to a special search engine to search the trees for you. Folks can still search the trees manually or browse the trees for free the same way they always have. "Think of it as a research assistant: you can hire someone to help you look for your ancestors, or you can research yourself for free. Hiring a human research assistant doesn't sell them the data being researched, or change the rules so that only they are allowed to look. "That's essentially what it is, except that it's computerized, not human." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Tracy Howell" <3howells@bendbroadband.com> To: <PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: [PDP] Ancestry.com changing fee structure and available information > Dear friends and list members: > > Some of you may have already received an e-mail from list-moms or listers > regarding ancestry.com's decision to create a new "OneWorldTree" with the > information that we all submitted, and then to charge $49.95 to access the > information. If you have not received the e-mail and would like more > information, you can follow this link > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/ . I did, and found out > that the only information available to me (even from my own tree!), was the > ancestor's name that I originally entered in the "search" box. Family > information was listed, but was "grayed out" with a note stating "Gray text > indicates information available to subscribers only." Well, I already have > a broad-based subscription to ancestry's services, but apparently THIS > subscription is in addition to that one. They have a wonderful discount on > this service to those of us who subscribe already...only $39.95! Lucky us. > This is just another in a string of problems I have had with Ancestry's > services in recent months. I now realize that all of you who dissed > ancestry in the past were correct. Shame on me for not listening sooner. > Also, when taking all of this into consideration, also consider the fact > that many, many of us who submitted trees did so with accidental errors, or > unproven facts....so we're essentially being charged for "misinformation"? > > Tracy Howell > Bend, OR > > P.S. If you wish to delete your submitted information, go to > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestry.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_ > faqid=1090 for instructions. > > > > ============================== > 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 >