Hallo Jenn and all other listers In response to the announcement and press release by Ancestry.com that they have acquired the Ancestry24 database I wrote to them and their answer is clear - what was free on Ancestry24 will remain free on Ancestry.com I append the correspondence hereunder Kind regards From: Heather Erickson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 5:43 PM To: Dennis Pretorius Cc: Petro Coreejes-Brink; Adrian Leighton; Bryony Partridge Subject: RE: Ancestry24 transfer-media announcement [1 Attachment] Hi Dennis, Thanks for your email. I appreciate you forwarding along your inquiry so that we could respond promptly. You’ll be pleased to hear that anything currently free on Ancestry24 (those contributions that have been donated by volunteers for free) will remain free and will not be charged for on Ancestry. This includes the grave images that you referenced in your email. I hope this information helps you. Best regards, Heather HEATHER ERICKSON Sr. Dir, US PR & Corp Comm Ancestry.com P 801 705 7104 E [email protected] A 360 W 4800 N Provo, UT 84604 From: Dennis Pretorius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 6:06 AM To: Bryony Partridge; Heather Erickson Cc: Petro Coreejes-Brink Subject: Ancestry24 transfer-media announcement [1 Attachment] Good Morning I append an e-mail that was addressed to Adrian Leighton but which was returned having been notified that he is on leave, Could either of you please respond to the e-mail Kind regards From: Dennis Pretorius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 1:57 PM To: '[email protected]' Cc: Petro Coreejes-Brink ([email protected]) Subject: Ancestry24 transfer Good Morning Adrian I must firstly say that I am thankful that Ancestry24 has finally made a decision to do something about accessibility of their data which has for too long been inaccessible to South African Genealogists. I am also very happy that it has found its way to a reputable company which has the capacity to manage the data. My concern which I wish to express to you today is that data that was made available to donors and contributors to Ancestry24 for free access now find them in a situation that that data which was accumulated by free donations of time and effort will potentially be “sold” by Ancestry.com in future. I therefore would like to establish whether data that was previously accessible without charge on Ancestry24 will that data still be accessible without charge – and in particular my interest lies in the data of the grave images ? I look forward to your response Kind regards Dennis Pretorius Krugersdorp South Africa Tel – 011-762-8911 Cel - 083-679-8541 Fax – 086-609-8541 Dennis Pretorius Krugersdorp South Africa Tel – 011-762-8911 Cel - 083-679-8541 Fax – 086-609-8541 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham and Jennifer Lloyd Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ancestry24 Just wonder if all the info that was contributed freely by volunteers, will be freely accessible!!!! Hmmmmmmmmmm Cheers Jenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Meintjes" <[email protected]> To: "SA List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:20 PM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ancestry24 > > ANCESTRY.COM PURCHASES FAMILY HISTORY RECORDS FROM MEDIA24 > > > Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, has > acquired over four million South African records from Ancestry24, the > South > African family history website. > > Ancestry.com intends to make the records available to members in the > future, > adding to the company’s existing 12 billion records that already help > millions of people worldwide discover, preserve and share their family > history. > > Anyone looking to find out more information about the records should visit > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry24, as Ancestry24.co.za is officially > closed > as at 22 Oct 2013. > About Ancestry.com > > Ancestry.com is the world's largest online family history resource with > approximately 2.7 million paying subscribers across all its websites. More > than 12 billion records have been added to the Ancestry.com sites and > users > have created more than 50 million family trees containing more than 5 > billion > profiles. In addition to its flagship site www.ancestry.com, the company > operates several Ancestry international websites along with a suite of > online > family history brands including Archives.com, Fold3.com and > Newspapers.com, > all designed to empower people to discover, preserve and share their > family > history. > About Ancestry24.co.za > > Ancestry24 is South Africa’s largest and most comprehensive genealogy > website. Consisting of hundreds of databases with millions of records, the > online archive and research service aims to preserve South Africa’s > history > for future generations. The site contains millions of records on > individuals > who have lived in South Africa since the late 1600s. Transcribed from > original > documents and reliable resources, records include births, baptisms, > marriages, > deaths, burials, passenger lists and voter lists. There is also a large > grave > image library. > > We regret that this decision may adversely affect many users, but we are > excited that South African users will still be served at Ancestry.com. We > can’t thank you enough for your support and input. > > Media Contact: | Adrian Leighton | +44 (0) 20 8846 3628 | > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message