You are right, there is no free lunch. I have it from a good source that we will be paying for rootsweb within the next year. Wonder if these companies will pay us for donating our files? Don't bet the farm. Lew ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Painter" <gpaint@md.prestige.net> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Free photo storage sites? > I have been wondering where the info about the new site limit and charges > came from as I don't recall receiving such a notice. I just carefully > reviewed my MyFamily Site and finally found a notice at the bottom of my > page which said I had gone over my limit also. > > I then found that they offer subscribers to the Ancestry site a free > upgrade. Here is the notice: > > Special Offer for Ancestry.com Subscribers: > Annual subscribers to Ancestry.com receive a free Premium Site or Premium > Site Upgrade. > > To receive this special offer: > 1. Select the option for "Add 100 MB 200 MB ($19.95 Annually)" above. > 2. Enter your Ancestry.com Username and Password below. > 3. Click "Upgrade My Site!" > > > I entered my Ancestry user name and password and now am credited with > 200MBs. I haven't prices other sites, but believe it is a bargain. > > I did look at this site recommended in the August PC WORLD magazine as the > best home page site was at www.homestead.com. It offers fairly user > friendly methods to build your own site. You can see some of the results > if you take the tour and some owner sites look really good. They charge > 49.95 per year. I still think MyFamily site is much better for my needs > and since I have a lot of time invested in it, I think I will stay with it > and even if I had to pay the additional 20.00 per year, it isn't too > bad. After all, there is no free lunch anymore. > > My thoughts, > George > > At 11:06 AM 8/21/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Me Too > > > > > >Samuel Riley McKinney wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > I have been notified on my MYFamily site that I'm over the limit by > > 25MB. They are offering 200MB for $20.00 a year. I'd like to hear about > > some site recommendations too. > > > Sam > > > IL > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Phyllis Cloyd > > > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:12 AM > > > Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Free photo storage sites? > > > > > > Hello all -- > > > > > > Now that MyFamily.com is limiting their "free" sites to 5 MB, I'm > > > looking for another sponsor of free web sites that does not have a limit > > > to storage capacity. I have no objection to the banner ads on the free > > > sites -- I know they are necessary. > > > > > > Can anyone recommend some good free sites? > > > > > > Thanks so much, > > > > > > Phyllis in NJ. > > > > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > We have over 223 members of the Vintage-Photos Mailing List. Posting back > to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. If we work as a team, > we'll succeed as a team. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >