Maryelllen did you see this one? I just hope they keep Rootsweb.com as a free site................Court >At 07:34 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote: >>Court >> >>Check this out. I wonder what will happen to it now. >> >>---Carolyn--- >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Nancy T R I C E" <nt@vci.net> >>To: <kygen@rootsweb.com>; <kyhopkin@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 3:55 PM >>Subject: [KYHOPKIN] Ancestry sold for over $300 million >> >> >> > This was in my LostCousins newsletter today... nt >> >> > ANCESTRY.COM SOLD FOR OVER $300 MILLION >> > A controlling stake in The Generations Network (formerly myfamily.com), >> > the parent company of Ancestry.com, has been sold to a private equity >> > group for $300 million. >> > >> > Apart from Ancestry.com and other Ancestry sites around the world, The >> > Generations Network owns Rootsweb, Genealogy.com and Family Tree >> > Maker. >> > >> > At the same time, the free FamilySearch site continues to index and >>digitise >> > >> > records. One ongoing project is the US 1900 Census, currently only >> > available online at Ancestry.com and other subscription sites. >> > >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.20/1107 - Release Date: >>11/3/2007 >> > 11:22 AM