Cousins, The following message was send by Sandi Gorin to the KYRESEARCH list she hosts. I read her message, and thought that it was appropriate to forward her message to our lists, as the changes she refers to will also affect the CARTER / HARDIN & WALLACE family lists. Chuck Carter Host / Listowner [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ********************************************* >Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 06:16:39 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Thu Jun 22 06:16:09 2000 >X-Sender: [email protected] >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) >Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:14:47 -0500 >Old-To: [email protected] >From: Sandi Gorin <[email protected]> >Subject: CHANGE IN ROOTSWEB >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/295 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >I am sending a special post this morning to let you know that it has been >announced that RootsWeb.com has been acquired by Myfamily.com, which has >been known more familiarly as Ancestry.com until recently. > >Dr.Brian Leverich and his wife Karen Isaacson, who >founded RootsWeb some years ago, have been unable to meet the financial >demands required to keep RootsWeb afloat. Although millions of people have >availed themselves of the services of RootsWeb, only a very small >percentage have contributed toward the goal of keeping RootsWeb a small but >viable sole proprietorship type of operation. Last year, RootsWeb chalked >up a huge financial loss, and it has simply become impossible for them to >continue on as they have done up to this point. > >We have been assured that nothing will change insofar as the RootsWeb >services are concerned. All items will remain free, including the 19,000 >mail lists served by RootsWeb, as well as all of the other services which >RootsWeb has provided. There will be no change in the administrative team, >with Brian and Karen still heading up the RootsWeb.com system, supported by >volunteer staff. > >Realistically, however, I think we should be prepared, somewhere down the >road, for some substantial changes to occur, since Myfamily.com is, after >all, a for-profit corporation(albeit one of the better ones in the field of >genealogy), and RootsWeb.com, in its current configuration, will always be >a financial loss to them. Hopefully, that will be offset by the additional >revenue which Myfamily.com may realize through its association with >RootsWeb, and if that turns out to be the case, then the long term outlook >for maintaining the status quo looks more favorable. Only time will tell. > >This is a for your information for this list and I will keep you informed. > >Sandi > > >Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 > Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce > >Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html >TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips >KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios > > >==== KYRESEARCH Mailing List ==== ********************************************************** //// \\/ ~ ~ \// ( @ @ ) +----------------oOOo-- (_) --oOOo--------------+ | Charles E. Carter | | P.O. Box #436, | | Warrenville, IL 60555-0436 | | [email protected] | +----------------oooO---------------------------+ ( ) \ ( Oooo \_) ( ) ) / (_/ **********************************************************