Will the info submitted to the WIGENWEB site remain free, or will it eventually be claimed by Ancestry.com and charged a fee to see? Now it's free, how about the future? I've been hearing rumors... I wonder if they're true or not? In fact, I've heard that the whole Rootsweb system might become a pay per view site...Any truth to that? Kay R

FIRST OFF... do not think that I am writing from the position of ancestry/rootwebs administration because i am not NOT NOT... but, it is always good to remember that unless YOU are the one making the decisions about the website itself, there is never a guarantee that things will remain as they originally were stated, that they will remain free, or they will continue to forge in the direction as they were when you originally joined.... Goals change, environments change, people doing the administering change.... overall ideas change.... when new bits of information come available, things change and when media changes, then a LOT of things change.... Even if YOU YOURSELF control the website, there is a possibility that you might even change how that website looks and what the direction of the website will take..... ANYTHING is possible..... ----- Original Message ----- From: reitstuf To: WIWINNEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: [WIWinneb'go] WiGenWeb Will the info submitted to the WIGENWEB site remain free, or will it eventually be claimed by Ancestry.com and charged a fee to see? Now it's free, how about the future? I've been hearing rumors... I wonder if they're true or not? In fact, I've heard that the whole Rootsweb system might become a pay per view site...Any truth to that? Kay R ==== WIWINNEB Mailing List ==== ?? ROLL CALLS ?? Not permitted unless called for by List Admin. But please post your interests & search areas often. Remember! New members join every day. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Kay, As to the rumors, I can't say. None of us can fortell the future. All I can say is, I hope that this will never be so. I think that it was disconcerting to many of us when a pay site took over RW, but I haven't heard any factual information leading me to believe that this might be in the works. I would hope that should this ever happen, that the County Coordinators would have copies of their sites and they could be uploaded elsewhere. We've all worked long and hard to contribute what we can. All I can say is that the info contributed to the Winnebago AHGP, as long as its in my hands will remain free. I have no intention of selling it, deleting it, or any other such things. I have copies of all of it. Let's think positive for our future! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "reitstuf" <reitstuf@wi.rr.com> > Will the info submitted to the WIGENWEB site remain free, or will it eventually be claimed by Ancestry.com and charged a fee to see? Now it's free, how about the future? I've been hearing rumors... I wonder if they're true or not? In fact, I've heard that the whole Rootsweb system might become a pay per view site...Any truth to that? > > Kay R