A familiar scam showed up in my mailbox recently, "family news" of Denver CO. I thought this guy had gone out of business but apparently he's just gone digital. For those who haven't heard of this outfit, it publishes family newsletters for (insert any name) which consist mainly of boilerplate to which is added a list of names and addresses gleaned from public records. The current ad advertises "Buy your family book for just $29.99" which gets you a book and cd. A note on the flyer says "This is a redo of the old "insert name here" Archives book. (Of course the flyer sent to me had "Rorer" inserted). The cd contains hundreds of unrelated Family Trees for the unwary to try searching. Probably each cd contains the same family trees so your chances of finding any relatives are slim at best. There is now a website "familynewsabout.com" but it contains little information. The "about us" link just pulls up the image of the letter of incorporation in the state of Colorado. I visited the website about a month ago and there was a feedback page, but it consisted largely of a complaint by the owner about how Jeff Scism ran the complaints page at Rootsweb. (Jeff has nothing to do with familynewsabout.com) However, tonight the page was not available. Apparently this guy still manages to keep selling his stuff to unwarry suckers. Don't bother, instead invest in the latest update to your favoriate genealogy program. David Rorer