This is so important! Can we each dig down in our pockets and send a donation $5 or $10 to Rootsweb to keep our lists going. If you want to become a member of Rootsweb send $12. We shouldn't think that the owners of this wonderful service can continue taking money out of their pockets for this business. How long could any of us last losing $20,000 a year? Please don't delete this message without considering the consequences of going back to the old way of doing genealogy. SNAIL MAIL......WAITING........UGH! For those who have no web access, send your check to: In American dollars to, RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative P.O. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 Date: Thursday, November 20, 1997 10:17 AM Subject: FYI PLEASE READ ALL LIST MEMBERS IMP. To all list members, A little something to think about while you drink you coffee. I'm enclosing this information Brian and Karen who run Rootsweb will be running ROOTSWEB IN THE TUNE OF $20,000 OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET . If you would like to help keep Roots a success AND ITS NO WAY THREATEN NOT TO be BUT HOW LONG CAN THEY CONTINUE and you can help the cause please do so if you want more info please e-mail me. This request is from me not them You can help if you want or not if you want to. Please go this URL and look over Support RootsWeb!!!!! Go to the URL at: http://www.rootsweb.com http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html This what makes this LIST POSSIBLE. ************stolen from sgtgeorg******************** For information on how to contribute to RootsWeb, AND about all the wonderful benefits you can receive for a paltry sum, check out this site. Want space for your own Web Page????? Check out the above web site and find out how you, too, can host a home page for just joining the RootsWeb group. ************(Start of Brian's Post)************* Individual subscriptions to lists on lists.rootsweb.com (addresses on multiple lists are double-counted): 01 June about 90,000 15 September about 150,000 19 November more than 200,000 That's about a 15% PER MONTH growth rate. Also, Business Week magazine recently reported that Wired magazine has a staff of 150 supporting their Website, which currently receives 16 million page hits per month. RootsWeb's Web server supports about 9 million page hits per month, and we also deliver about 90,000,000 pieces of mail each month. Amazing what a bunch of volunteers can do, eh? Cheers, B. >From Brian Leverich