Subject: Ancestry to begin charging for One World Tree This has been sent out and so I am passing it on to you. Kathy > If you have submitted a family tree to Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree site, you > need to be aware of a change about to be implemented by Ancestry. > > Family Trees uploaded to the OneWorldTree site, which have been free > heretofore, will be moved into a subscription data base. After approximately May 21st > this data base will no longer be accessible for free. Ancestry will be begin > offering OneWorldTree Preview at $49.95 for 14 months for access to these > donated trees. > > If you'd prefer that your information not be sold, there is a link below > which will take you to a set of instructions on opting out by deleting your tree. > > Go first here: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/ > When you arrive at the page - look for the link toward the top "What's a > preview?" > Read the information and then click on "View our checklist" (which appears on > #3). > On the page is a statement that says "If for any reason you do not want your > tree to be part of the new OneWorldTree service, you must delete it from the > Ancestry World Tree database by tentatively May 21, 2004." > Click on the link "Deleting a tree you submitted" > The resulting page gives instructions on how to delete your tree. > > Feel free to pass this along to other lists.