>Delivered-To: [email protected] >Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 19:18:43 -0800 (PST) >From: "Tracey & Scott Morris" <[email protected]> >As many of you know - this list and the associated website and forums, as >well as MANY other wonderful genealogical resources are made _freely_ >available through the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > >Per an announcement made by Brian Leverich (owner of Rootsweb) on another >list, it appears Rootsweb has lost its funding from Palladium, due to its >purchase by TLC. > >According to Brian - > >" Only about 2-6% of users are choosing to support >RootsWeb at all, and that even among the supporters the average >contribution is only one-third of what "tens of thousands of >genealogists" (the Wall Street Journal) are spending at Ancestry.com. " >..... >"I don't think RootsWeb is going to fold anytime soon. But I'd be >lying to you if I didn't tell you that the staff is seriously >wondering whether the community values our efforts enough that >continuing on with RootsWeb makes sense." > >I know money can be tight around the holiday season, but please consider >making a donation - or having a gift donation made in your name - to >Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > >For about the same price as a membership in a genealogical society - you can >help the largest genealogical resource on the Internet stay afloat. >"Goodies" are available at different levels of donation. >The basic levels are - > $12/year - member > $24/year - sponsor > $50/year to $75/year - Sponsor Plus > $100/year up - Donor > >For more information, visit the following site > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >Happy holidays! >Tracey Morris >List Coordinator and Proud Rootsweb Sponsor Plus > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--------- >Tracey & Scott Morris -- Kokomo IN -- [email protected] >Rootsweb Sponsor -- http://www.rootsweb.com >USGenWeb Project Member -- http://www.usgenweb.org