Dear Marge, Thanks for the reply offlist. I would continue to donate to Rootsweb, as Rootsweb has stated repeatedly that it will be free, however, in looking over their site, I see that they no longer provide an address for receiving donations. Their site shows this message under a page titled Genealogy Easy as 1 2 3 "Thank you for choosing RootsWeb.com as a genealogy resource. With your help, and Ancestry.com's support, we remain the oldest and largest free genealogy site. 1. RootsWeb.com Our staff continues to work hard to provide the best tools and resources for your genealogy research. We hope you continue to explore the possibilities we offer. 2. Ancestry.com We depend on Ancestry.com for our financial support - if you support Ancestry.com, you support us. Their support enables us to develop new programs, evolve existing ones, and expand the collections and services we offer you." and then it says more about Ancestry.com's records and "3. You, and Fellow Researchers The most successful researchers use all of the great resources on the Web including Ancestry.com and Rootsweb.com. Because these are the two largest genealogy websites on the Internet you can communicate with others, share research, and volunteering your time and skills." We will just have to hope that they do continue to offer their data free. USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb and Cyndi's List are just a few of the things that are still free through Rootsweb. And dont forget all of the county web pages as well. Tosca ----- Original Message ----- From: "anthony davis" <DPBOWLER@peoplepc.com> To: "Tosca Simms" <tkwhsimms@hovac.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] FW: [OHTUSCAR-L] RE: Ancestry to charge for OneWorldTree > Someone posted messages to several lists that ancestry has taken all the > FREE files submitted by researchers that downloaded them to ancestry's file > and put them up for pay. They said that they were going to give the > submitters until May 21st to take them off but otherwise they would "belong" > to them. You can still get the same family files at worldconnect. That is > for the time being, maybe they will soon charge for rootsweb. Marge > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tosca Simms" <tkwhsimms@hovac.com> > To: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 6:00 PM > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] FW: [OHTUSCAR-L] RE: Ancestry to charge for > OneWorldTree > > > > I am truly confused now. No matter where I try to go on Ancestry.com, I > > only get the chance to pay for something. I thought I used to be able to > > access "free" the submitted genealogies that other people had placed with > > Ancestry. Now, no matter what I ask for I get the privilege of paying > > money. Is this true with everyone else, or am I doing something wrong? > > Thanks for any help. > > Tosca > > >