In a message dated 5/4/2004 10:54:45 AM Central Standard Time, jwm_genealogy@hotmail.com writes: > The following message may be of interest to some of you. This is showing up on many lists but is not true. Please check these things out rather than passing them on willy-nilly. Trees uploaded to either side (RW/Ancestry) are visible from both sides. Ancestry is *not* charging for access or selling trees: access will remain free from both the RootsWeb and Ancestry side as it has always been. What Ancestry is offering for an extra charge is access to a special search engine to search the trees for you. Folks can still search the trees manually or browse the trees for free the same way they always have. Think of it like a research assistant: you can hire someone to help you look for your ancestors, or you can research yourself for free. That's essentially what it is, except that it's computerized, not human.