Hello All, The following was just sent to me.....I am VERY sorry if I sent out misinformation or caused any confusion!! I felt I rec'd the info from a reliable source.....so you will have to check it out for yourselves. I was just trying to be helpful.....I might best leave well enough alone from now on : ) Kathy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLARIFICATION - please help correct this misunderstanding if you saw this on other lists. The WorldConnect at RootsWeb, is NOT the same as the one at Ancestry.com (although it's basically the same idea)http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ You may have seen this note earlier and it applies ONLY to Ancestry.com system. It is my understanding that this system was also in place when it first began, although I've not participated in it, so am not sure. ========= From someone who contacted Ancestry=== Additionally, Ancestry has attempted to take the family trees and remove the duplications They are NOT selling our information, however. They are selling access to a super SEARCH engine. Rootsweb and Ancestry's trees will remain the same, with free access as usual. I asked what was the difference in the regular search engine (from Ancestry's home page) which pulls up all their references on their databases and the answer wasn't clear ... it wasn't her, it was me ... I couldn't grasp the concept of what she was saying. You all are aware, I am sure, that Ancestry now owns Rootsweb (which would include all the Gen Web sites and message boards), Genforum, and Family Treemaker, giving them access to all kinds of information. Can you imagine a search engine that would pick up hits from all these sources? Now THAT would be worth paying for!