Hi List, This is a wonderful database full of information we can all use AND its free for the next few days. Go and enjoy! Brenda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ancestry.com Announcement IA" > <[email protected]> > To: "Brenda Duff" <[email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 6:00 PM > Subject: IMPORTANT NEWS: ANCESTRY SITE REDESIGN & HOLIDAY CELEBRATION > > > > ============================================= > > GREAT NEWS! ANCESTRY SITE REDESIGN > > ============================================= > > > > We have spent the last few months talking to users like you about our > site. The > > result is a redesign that vastly improves the overall user experience. > Check > > out the new design, up live early this week. > > > > The goal of redesign has been to develop the next generation Ancestry site > that > > will serve your needs as an existing Ancestry user, and make it easier for > a new > > user to join our growing community of family history researchers. The new > > design will: > > > > Make it easier for you to navigate through our site > > Direct you to the new and fresh content on our site in the new > [email protected] > > section > > Divide our site into 7 areas: Home, Search, Learn, Share, Save, Shop, and > Help > > Direct the existing good-will and collaborative efforts of family history > > researchers towards a highly trafficked area where people can connect and > share > > their work. > > > > Reference the User Guide to the Ancestry Redesign below to help you get > oriented > > with the new site. Thanks for all your input, and as always we anxious > for your > > feedback. > > > > ============================================= > > MORE GREAT NEWS! HOLIDAY CELEBRATION: FREE ACCESS TO ANCESTRY.COM > > ============================================= > > > > Celebrate the holidays with Ancestry.com as we give free access to the > entire > > site from December 20, 1999 to January 4, 2000. We are also offering three > > special subscription offers: > > 1) New Members - Special Subscription Offer for $39.95. Our special gift > offer > > to you is an annual subscription for just $39.95 a $20.00 saving off our > most > > popular plan. We also offer a full 30-day money back guarantee. This offer > ends > > on December 31, 1999. > > 2) Current Members - Special Subscription Renewal Offer for $39.95. You > can > > extend your subscription twelve (12) months from your future expiration > date for > > only $39.95. For example, if you purchased an annual subscription in July > of > > 1999 you can extend your subscription from July 2000 to July 2001. This > offer > > ends December 31, 1999. > > 3) Give the gift of Ancestry.com to a relative or friend with our Gift > > Subscription offer. Choose from our rich plan offerings. > > Click here to lean more about these special offers > > http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/holidays.htm (Available afternoon > of > > Monday December 20, 1999) > > > > ============================================= > > USER GUIDE TO THE ANCESTRY REDESIGN > > ============================================= > > > > I. WHAT'S DIFFERENT > > > > II. WHERE DO I FIND THE ITEMS I USE NOW > > > > III. SITE MAP > > > > ============================================= > > I. WHAT'S DIFFERENT > > ============================================= > > > > The redesign incorporates the "tab" style used by many popular > informational > > websites, including our sister site MyFamily.com. > > > > We have divided our site into HOME, SEARCH, LEARN, SHARE, SAVE, and SHOP > tabs. > > There is also a HELP tab represented by a question mark "?". > > > > The content is mostly the same, but it should be much easier for you to > get to > > it. > > > > We have added the [email protected] area off the HOME tab. Here you will be > able > > to find the all the information that is updated daily on our site. > > > > The SEARCH tab holds all our genealogical and historical databases and the > > ADVANCED SEARCH. You still will be able to search off the homepage, but > you > > will want to explore the SEARCH tab to refine your researching. > > > > The LEARN tab holds all our self-learn and non-database resources. You > will > > find research tips and guides that are necessary to start or advance your > > research. Our expert help and columns are also located here. > > > > The SHARE tab is the perfect area for you to collaborate with other family > > history researchers. Our most popular online applications like the > Surname > > Communities and the Message Boards are located here. > > > > The SAVE tab is where you will go to record and preserve your family > history > > research. Our Online Family Tree is located here. > > > > The SHOP tab is where you will go to purchase the world's finest software, > books > > and other products that help you bring your family together. > > > > ============================================= > > II. WHERE DO I FIND THE ITEMS I USE NOW > > ============================================= > > > > The great news about the redesign is that the most used Ancestry links are > still > > on the homepage, just ONE click away. Additionally some of the more > popular > > items have been brought up to the front page for easier access. > > > > SEARCH - same place, on the homepage right up in the center; > > ANCESTRY DAILY NEWS - same place, on the homepage on the right side; > > NEW DATABASES - same place, on the homepage on the upper right side; > > POPULAR DATABASES (SSDI, Census Records, Ancestry World Tree) - on the > homepage > > right below the search area; > > NEW SITE FEATURES - on the homepage below the search area. > > > > ============================================= > > III. 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