The reason that the Texas and California vital records were taken off was due to the changed policies of THOSE states. It had nothing to do with the free vs. subscription and your other rumor is inaccurate also. Texans and Californians who are unhappy about lack of access to their public records should VOTE accordingly. --Myra ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jrrasco@aol.com> To: <TXBOSQUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: November 09, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [TXBOSQUE] TX vitals searches > Rootsweb.com had the Births, deaths, marriages, and divorce vital records > indexes of both Texas and California on line for several months and then took > them off. I believe that Ancestry.com may have had something to do with this. > Data Bases on Rootsweb have traditionally been free on the internet. Ancestry > on the other hand requires you to join them and pay for what they have on > line. Ancestry.com apparently became the owners of Rootsweb.com shortly > before the vital indexes were removed and I have heard that Ancestry will > sell CD of the vitals. > >