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    1. FYI...Ancestry.com to sell Family Tree data
    2. Nancy Cluff Siders
    3. 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.

    05/02/2004 10:22:09