Friends and Researchers, Ancestry is NOT charging to access the Family Trees information. This remains exactly as it was all along. ALL they are doing is ADDING an extra option for subscribers to get an extra "tool" to research those trees & it will coordinate information. Non one HAS to add the extra option. PLEASE read the letter I received yesterday from my question to Ancestry on this topic. It really should clear this up & we can move on. They are NOT denying ANYone free access to your information. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda McNiel To: TXBOSQUE-L-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:16 PM Subject: Ancestry NOT charging to view trees I wrote to Ancestry about the rumor circulating that all Family Trees were soon to be in a paid subscription database & received today this answer from Ancestry. They explain that the new paid deal is only for an optional searching tool. Please read the following carefully: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ancestry.com/MyFamily.com Support" <rightnow@ancestry.com> To: "Linda McNiel" <McNiel2@prodigy.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:15 AM Subject: Re: What is the truth about the statement circulating on all the Rootsweb message... (KMM5186226C0KM) Dear Linda, We appreciate your message. We regret any confusion this matter may have caused. User-submitted family trees are free and will remain free through the Ancestry World Tree and the RootsWeb WorldConnect databases. The One World Tree service is simply an optional tool available for your research. A subscription to the One World Tree service is not required in order for you to submit a file or for other researchers to search and view the files you submit at no charge through the Ancestry World Tree and the RootsWeb WorldConnect databases. The One World Tree subscription is an advanced search tool that gathers family trees and family history records for millions of people, analyzes the birth, death and marriage data and then displays the most probable matches for your ancestors. This service makes it easier for you to find and verify information pertaining to your family tree. If there is anything else we can assist you with, please let us know. Tiffany Customer Solutions Ancestry.com "Connecting and Strengthening Families through the World Wide Web" Ancestry.com Technical Support: <http://ancestry.custhelp.com>