For what it is worth, you can get the same promises and service by posting your GEDCOM at Rootsweb World Connect. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/ and http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi The Smothers database at World Connect already has abt 2,228 names and I have found it to be very helpful. Bill Smothers Delaware Nena Smothers wrote: > Subject: Fw: Gencircles.com > Check out www.gencircles.com I have checked them out and think they are on > the right track, please read their promise below. I will upload my GEDCOM > tonight i'm thinkin'. > Our Promise > a.. GenCircles will never claim to own your data. > When you upload your data to our web site, we do not gain the rights to > re-publish your data on CD or sell it to a third-party. We respect that your > data is YOUR data, not ours, or anyone else's. > b.. GenCircles will never send you junk mail or sell your email > address.By giving your email address to GenCircles, you aren't opening > yourself up for a mailbox full of junk. In fact, we are one of the few web > sites that go above and beyond to protect you from junk mail. On other web > sites, even if that site doesn't spam you directly, your address may be > picked up by a computer that crawls the web looking for email addresses. We > only present email addresses on our web site in a graphical form. This makes > it impossible for these automated computers to steal your address. > c.. GenCircles will always be free. Aren't there enough expenses in > our lives? At GenCircles, we want you to search for your ancestors without > searching for your wallet first. > d.. GenCircles will always respect your privacy.At GenCircles, your > privacy comes first! We will also work to protect the privacy of the living > individuals in your genealogy. Read more about our policies concerning > privacy here. > e.. GenCircles will always give you control.If you don't want your > data at GenCircles anymore, it's only one click to delete it. Don't like a > message you just posted? Delete it with one click. GenCircles will always > offer an easy and convenient way for you to control your data. > f.. GenCircles will work to provide you the best service. Every > single day of the week, we are working to make GenCircles a better place. > With suggestions from users and our determination, GenCircles can become the > future in genealogy. > Hi! I was curious whether you'd be interested in helping me with a > project.I have launched a new web site called GenCircles. GenCircles is a > free,community-based genealogy site that molds around people's uploaded > GEDCOM files and will be an excellent new tool for genealogists. There are > some features that set us apart from other web sites. First, we have a new > technology called SmartMatching. SmartMatching compares the individuals in > your file against all of the individuals in our Global Tree. We run a > detailed search on every individual in your file, and see where your > individuals match up with other individuals in other people's files. > SmartMatching enables you to immediately see where other users have > information that you are missing, and vice versa. Second, your GEDCOM file > becomes a mini-community based on your genealogical data. Other users can > post messages on the individuals in your file, sharing data in their > research and helping to bridge the lines of communication between you > and those that seek your ancestors. When a message is posted on an > individual, it is also cross-posted to the appropriate surname in our Clubs > section. For example, when you post a message on John Smith, it is also > listed in the Smith Club. This is a great way for other researchers to keep > up with all "Smith" activity across all submitted files. You can delete > these messages at any time. What I am looking for is a few more people to > contribute their data to get the web site off to a good start. Obviously, > you will have full control over any data that you contribute, and you can > delete it at any time (either directly through the web site or an email to > me). If you have any > questions, please feel free to ask. If you are interested, visit this > link: http://www.gencircles.com > Thanks, Kevin > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ============================== > Get Free Access to all Ancestry.com Databases from Dec 7 until Dec 21!http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/freeaccess.htm?sourcecode=736