> I want the files to be available for free, in keeping > with my "A service, not a business..." philosophy. I have very strong > feelings about the corporations who are selling our files! > My thinking, also, Linda, but a listmember on another list asked this question: "Do you know of anyone (unknown) who is accessing the rootsweb archives, to acquire genealogical data we send to the various lists?" Now THAT'S a back-door approach very few of us have even considered; yet, there it all sits, just waiting for someone to harvest our data. I think it might be most prudent of us to transmit our info via private emails, in response to queries, to other interested searchers, rather than posting to list, where it becomes archived on Rootsweb's server. Anyone who subscribes to a list can access Rootsweb's archives, and we never know who is accessing for what purpose. Julie