When Rootsweb started offering free space to genealogical societies, they suggested a %5 figure on any books sold from their server as a courtesy agreement, but it wasn't enforced. USGenWeb was created in the spirit of volunteerism, with no volunteer having financial gain from hosting a USGenWeb page. Linda Freddie Spradlin wrote: > > Laura, > I've been giving this some thought, and finally reached the opinion > that it's perfectly normal to list available books from B&N that would be of > interest to researchers in Princess Anne, and include a link to a B&N > webpage. The introduction of monetary compensation DOES taint this > somewhat with a commercial flavor, regardless of who enjoys use of the > funds. VAGenWeb is not rootsweb.com, and rootsweb.com is not VAGenWeb.