I don't know what happened -- duhhhhh - but the nice friendly Rootsweb main site seems to have disappeared "morphed" into a site with what appears to be nothing but advertising couldn't do a standard list-search to save my life ... anyone else find this?

Be sure you are at http://rootsweb.com/ and scroll below the first search field and search in the block at the left that is entitled "Search RootsWeb" -- do not use the other blocks unless you want to and you have an Ancestry subscription. I searched Slepicka and received the following WorldConnect 69 Social Security Death Index 119 Rootsweb Surname List 4 Search for a living SLEPICKA in the MyFamily People Finder Vital Records Matches California Death Index 13 Texas Death Index 1 Other Searches Matches Web Site Search 67 BLM/GRO Land Records 1 Newspaper Indexes 1 Obituary Daily Times 7 Those results appear to be free databases. Elaine The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. --H. L. Mencken Hello Candy On Saturday, June 14, 2003, you wrote > I don't know what happened -- duhhhhh - > but the nice friendly Rootsweb main site seems to have > disappeared > "morphed" into a site with what appears to be nothing but > advertising > couldn't do a standard list-search to save my life ... > anyone else find this?

I got in via http://archiver.rootsweb.com and by http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com but everytime I tried http://www.rootsweb.com or even http://searches2.rootsweb.com up came this messy commercial site which drove me nuts; I dislike "cookies" at the best of times, and a popup ad which asks me to pick it as my new home page just infuriates me I miss the quaint cross-stitched original Rootsweb site; it appears to have disappeared; I guess I will have to ask for an Ancestry.com or GenealogyLibrary.com subscription for my birthday ... C ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM (State of Virginia)" <etm1935@yahoo.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: June 14, 2003 06:37 PM Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Re: our friendly Rootsweb site has gone crazy > Be sure you are at > > http://rootsweb.com/ > > and scroll below the first search field and search in the block > at the left that is entitled "Search RootsWeb" -- do not use the > other blocks unless you want to and you have an Ancestry > subscription.

subscription to Ancestry.com isn't any help either, i subscribed and when i want to search, all i get is the page saying if you want to subscribe do such and such !! and there is no place to say let me in, i've all ready subscribed, so i've paid for nothing ----BVB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Candy and Bruce Hughes" <av8ryx@yelmtel.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Re: our friendly Rootsweb site has gone crazy > I got in via > http://archiver.rootsweb.com > and by > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > but everytime I tried > http://www.rootsweb.com > > or even > http://searches2.rootsweb.com > > up came this messy commercial site which drove me nuts; > I dislike "cookies" at the best of times, and a popup ad > which asks me to pick it as my new home page just > infuriates me > > I miss the quaint cross-stitched original Rootsweb site; > it appears to have disappeared; I guess I will have to > ask for an Ancestry.com or GenealogyLibrary.com > subscription for my birthday ... > > C > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ETM (State of Virginia)" <etm1935@yahoo.com> > To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: June 14, 2003 06:37 PM > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Re: our friendly Rootsweb site has gone crazy > > > > Be sure you are at > > > > http://rootsweb.com/ > > > > and scroll below the first search field and search in the block > > at the left that is entitled "Search RootsWeb" -- do not use the > > other blocks unless you want to and you have an Ancestry > > subscription. > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > To find SURNAME LISTS: > http://lists.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >