-----Original Message----- From: John B. Lisle [mailto:john.lisle@tqsi.com] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 8:14 AM To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [SACKETT-L] FYI...Ancestry.com to sell Family Tree data Nancy, As much as I would like to be incensed about this, I cannot be as what they seem to be selling is a service to compile all of the data from numerous sources and make it available to subscribers. They are not burning the data on CDs. Something like a giant ancestral file with snippets from census and other of their databases clipped in. Everyone can still search for free the WorldConnect trees. I think one of the motivators has to come from all of the complaints about the number of duplicate results that you get when you do a search on the databases. I am more concerned that lots of bad genealogy is going to be compiled together and people will get lazy and not do their own work. john. At 06:22 AM 5/3/2004, Nancy Cluff Siders wrote: >Hi! > >The following was sent to another list I'm on & I thought it was worth >sharing in case you are not aware of this plan by Ancestry.com. > > >Later...Nancy > >Nancy Cluff Siders >TSFA President and List Admin for: >CLUFF-L, COUNTRYMAN-L, LETSON-L, MCKAY-ELKENNY-L, SACKETT-L, SIDERS-L >To forget one's ancestor is to be a brook without a source, >A tree without a root. ~Chinese proverb > >======================================================================= = > > > If you have submitted a family tree to Ancestry.com, you should know > > > of the change about to be implemented by them. The Family Trees that > > have been donated to Ancestry for free distribution to other >researchers > > are about to be sold by subscription: the OneWorldTree Preview cost >will > > be $49.95 for 14 months. If you'd prefer that your information was >not > > sold, there is a link below which will take you to a set of >instructions > > on opting out by deleting your tree. > > > > This is the link: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/ > > > > After clicking on the link and arriving at the page, click on >"What's a > > preview?" near the top of the page. > > > > Read thoroughly and then click on "View our checklist" (which >appears > > on #3). > > > > Among other things, you will see the following sentence: > > > > "If for any reason you do not want your tree to be part of the new > > OneWorldTree service, you must delete it from the Ancestry World > > Tree database by tentatively May 21, 2004." There is then a link for > > deleting a tree you submitted immediately below if this might be your > > wish. > > > >==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== >If you haven't already, please send in your introduction to the list. >For examples, visit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett > >============================== >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 ============================ John, I've placed this email address in the Accept List so the next time you post it will accept it. You are subscribed under jbl@tqsi.com. Let me know if you wish to change anything. Thanks for your comments. Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders TSFA President and List Admin for: CLUFF-L, COUNTRYMAN-L, LETSON-L, MCKAY-ELKENNY-L, SACKETT-L, SIDERS-L To forget one's ancestor is to be a brook without a source, A tree without a root. ~Chinese proverb