Hi Kim, yes I agree also with you, we are the ones that work hard to get our families together just to have some one else to make the profit from it. I have expressed my opion to the Family tree maker about this matter, and if everyone would write or make calls to them and tell them the cd's are to high, and that we are the ones that are doing the work, and love to have contact with our cousins, to make it more affordable to do so. They might listen. But one lonely voice here meaning me, will not get it. but we can also have little family trees here and there and in hopes that someone will be our cousin, or researching the same tree. It does open up doors that I know I would have not had. I have made contact with cousins that would not have known the rest of the family as well. Take care, Gail Meeks >Joel wrote: > >"Family Origins . . .is a good program and a lot better deal than the >$60-70-80 one might pay for Family Tree Maker" > >and Gail responded: > >"This is good to know, but parsons and broderbund are the same people, . . . > I paid 19 dollars to up grade mine from the 4.4 to 5.0." > >What bothers me about these products, specifically the World Family Tree >cds is that WE do years of work researching our families, the >Broderbund/Parsons sells our results (including many not well researched >efforts) back to us! > >I have found family genealogical software a great way to organize & display >information, but I have found as good or better actual genealogical >information on FREE sites on the web. Linda's pages are a great example. > >Also, who is paying Linda & all the other "Rootsweb" volunteers? >Broderbund/Parsons has figured out a great way to make money, but my thanks >really goes to Linda and her countless rootsweb colleagues who work >tirelessly for little reward, but our thanks. > >KC >Kim Chambers >UConn, Storrs > >Researching: CHAMBERS, CROW, WILLIAMS, CAMPBELL, STANDIFORD, OGLE, > DORSEY, WELLMAN, TERRELL, MERRILL, LANDER, WIANT > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com