unfortunately, it is required. I managed to get far on one suite. Now requires user id **AND** password just to **POST** David Samuelsen Connie Snyder wrote: > > JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/22/01 12:04:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > topsaw@sc.rr.com writes: > > > > > At the risk of sounding stupid, what exactly would the new URL be? I never > > > got anything telling me that. My old address was: > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/SC/Georgetown Any clue what > > > the new one would be? I've tried to go to the main page for the boards > > from > > > the Ancestry.com home page, but that's not working either. > > > > > Debbie- > > > > You can start here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw and > > navigate to Localities and then States and then to South Carolina and then to > > the counties and to Georgetown. We do apologize for the overloaded > > servers--please bear with us. You can also type the board name into the > > search box and get a list of boards containing that name, and then click on > > the link to the Georgetown SC board. > > > > Joan > > RootsWeb > > That doesn't even work for me. It simply is not answering. > > Is it true that users will be required to register and use a username and password > in order to even use the boards? > > Connie > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Well folks, if ever I felt like saying "I told you so; now is the time." When the money coming in wasn't enough to even begin to keep up with the cost of the keeping the Rootsweb servers up and running, we went to "clusters," and "banners" for advertising. (A very dumb move I thought then and I still think.) We had dozens of boards none of us who actually work at this wanted and we sure as heck didn't need them. I really do understand why that was financially necessary. Well - that didn't produce enough income to keep the project afloat. So - along comes the sell out to Ancestry. It is not Bryan's or Karen's fault. They worked long and hard and put their own money into the project for years! The problem is/was that the visiting public would not support the project even with as little as $12.00 a month! It's entirely possible that some of the state and county admins never kicked in any money either. If even half the people who used the sites had sent in that twelve bucks; perhaps the project could have continued as it was envisioned. On my Fayette County Iowa USGenWeb site, volunteers had typed in over 400 bios and obits. I don't even know how many queries there were; there were about 50 will extracts. Now, all a visitor will get by clicking on one of the board icons is a constant try to connect to ancestry, on and on and on! I have two other counties; I don't have the heart to go see what is happening there. What am I supposed to tell all those volunteers? I really loved the boards; they made it so easy for a visitor or a volunteer to post information that researchers need! I've wondered over the past couple of years why all county admins didn't take advantage of what the boards had to offer. NOW I KNOW! I don't know what will happen to the data posted on the county pages that isn't on a board. I suspect that someone at ancestry.dam will find a way to screw it up also. I guess it's true that one gets what they pay for. Doesn't seem quite fair that those of us who DID pay for Rootsweb are NOT getting what we paid for. There are no free rides, even on the internet. I will really mourn Rootsweb - as far as I'm concerned - it died. We should all have known better from the beginning. NOTHING is free! Except the time and heart and effort we have put into all those sites. I guess they aren't ours anymore; they belong to ancestry. By the way, David, if you are still reading this stuff - this is just one example of why I never would allow the info on my county pages to be duplicated in the archives. I predict that it will not be long before you see all the information in those archives burned on a cd for sale by ancestry. My main dilemma right now is whether to pull all my counties down quickly or hide and watch for awhile. NOW THIS IS REALLY FUNNY - we in the USGenWeb have an election going on just now. FOR WHAT? What difference does it make??????? Can we vote away ancestry and all the garbage that came with it? Afraid not. Linnie Hoover Howell cc for three USGenWeb Counties

Linnie Howell wrote: > > Well folks, if ever I felt like saying "I told you so; now is the time." > > When the money coming in wasn't enough to even begin to keep up with the > cost of the keeping the Rootsweb servers up and running, we went to > "clusters," and "banners" for advertising. (A very dumb move I thought > then and I still think.) We had dozens of boards none of us who actually > work at this wanted and we sure as heck didn't need them. I really do > understand why that was financially necessary. Well - that didn't > produce enough income to keep the project afloat. So - along comes the > sell out to Ancestry. It is not Bryan's or Karen's fault. They worked > long and hard and put their own money into the project for years! The > problem is/was that the visiting public would not support the project > even with as little as $12.00 a month! It's entirely possible that some > of the state and county admins never kicked in any money either. If even > half the people who used the sites had sent in that twelve bucks; > perhaps the project could have continued as it was envisioned. Agreed. I was sad to see the Genealogical Cooperative ideal die, too. But obviously it wasn't viable in the new commercial web atmosphere. <sigh> > On my Fayette County Iowa USGenWeb site, volunteers had typed in over > 400 bios and obits. I don't even know how many queries there were; there > were about 50 will extracts. Now, all a visitor will get by clicking on > one of the board icons is a constant try to connect to ancestry, on and > on and on! I have two other counties; I don't have the heart to go see > what is happening there. What am I supposed to tell all those > volunteers? I really loved the boards; they made it so easy for a > visitor or a volunteer to post information that researchers need! I've > wondered over the past couple of years why all county admins didn't take > advantage of what the boards had to offer. NOW I KNOW! I don't -- I never understood why anyone would use any other system. After testing the new boards, I think that they are the ONLY thing better than GenConnect was. I had 17 sets of boards, so you know I was a big fan. > I don't know what will happen to the data posted on the county pages > that isn't on a board. I suspect that someone at ancestry.dam will find > a way to screw it up also. I don't understand what you mean. All of the data IS still there, and more easily found than ever. > I guess it's true that one gets what they pay for. Doesn't seem quite > fair that those of us who DID pay for Rootsweb are NOT getting what we > paid for. There are no free rides, even on the internet. I will really > mourn Rootsweb - as far as I'm concerned - it died. We should all have > known better from the beginning. NOTHING is free! Except the time and > heart and effort we have put into all those sites. I guess they aren't > ours anymore; they belong to ancestry. The use of these boards remains free. Of course it's true that Ancestry has to make money, just as Brian and Karen did, or the entire enterprise will disappear. The lists, websites and User Databases are free also.... > By the way, David, if you are still reading this stuff - this is just > one example of why I never would allow the info on my county pages to be > duplicated in the archives. I predict that it will not be long before > you see all the information in those archives burned on a cd for sale by > ancestry. My main dilemma right now is whether to pull all my counties > down quickly or hide and watch for awhile. It *cannot* be "burned onto a CD for sale by ancestry." They don't own the posts & pages, and ALL contributors were promised that none of their information would ever be published via CD, for sale, or for free. I think you are limited yourself by not allowing the information into the Archives, where it is easily searchable. But that's just my opinion, and I'm not a USGW person -- just a listowner and board admin. > NOW THIS IS REALLY FUNNY - we in the USGenWeb have an election going on > just now. FOR WHAT? What difference does it make??????? Can we vote away > ancestry and all the garbage that came with it? Afraid not. > > Linnie Hoover Howell > cc for three USGenWeb Counties As I understand it, you need not put your county site on Rootsweb, and I know that many sites are elsewhere. Am I mistaken? Valorie Zimmerman Black Diamond, Washington USA Listowner for 15 lists, board admin for 17 surnames Rootsweb volunteer on the Help Desk