Hi: It might be too early to be asking this, but I can't help but wonder what the latest news from Rootsweb regarding its merger with Ancestry.com is going to mean to free genealogy on the Internet. I just can't see a pay-for service, looking to their bottom line not eventually flexing their muscles looking for ways to make a profit from this. Tina, Tim, Holly, do you have any input on what is going on? Might this not be a good topic for tonight's IRC chat? Debbie Barrett http://www.rootsweb.com/~wipierce/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywashin/

Sounds like an appropriate and timely topic to me. Tim At 11:48 AM 6/21/00 EDT, MrsGrinnin@aol.com wrote: >Hi: > >It might be too early to be asking this, but I can't help but wonder what the >latest news from Rootsweb regarding its merger with Ancestry.com is going to >mean to free genealogy on the Internet. I just can't see a pay-for service, >looking to their bottom line not eventually flexing their muscles looking for >ways to make a profit from this. > >Tina, Tim, Holly, do you have any input on what is going on? Might this not >be a good topic for tonight's IRC chat? > >Debbie Barrett >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wipierce/ >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywashin/ > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Door County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/door/ > >