Eric, I wish I could say the interest was still as high as in the 1990's, 
but alas it is not so. The only ones still researching are the same ones who 
were trudging to Courthouses, libraries, Historical Societies, etc. Those 
seeking easy answers have disappeared.
  I think we are all anxious about sharing directly on Genforum or Ancestry 
because of both belonging  to a paid forum.  I dislike sharing info that 
could wind up in Ancestry's "pay to use" files.  Also the habit of "marrying 
families" without research and putting the combined info online is 
offensive. (and false many times) Many volunteers  removed their information 
from Genweb when it became known that Ancestry had also gotten control of 
that forum.  You will find some of them have removed to  new sites such as " 
Genealogy Trails." There are several other "start-up sites" working out the 
bugs and getting free data online.  As  I understand it, if you submit 
anything to Ancestry sites it is considered permission for them to use it, 
paid or otherwise.
That said, I still share directly with anyone when I find something related 
to direct research of a line. I submit to any free site.
I just returned from a trip to Kentucky and Southern Illinois, still 
searching for my James King's origins. His birthdate is unknown but he would 
have been born  1793 or before as his wife, Elizabeth Clemens was  born on 
that date.   I did find a Thomas King, born 1817 Giles Co., Tennessee who 
descends from William Waters King (b.1784) Brunswick, Va.  This Thomas King 
could be a brother to my James King whose DNA matches  point to a William 
King and Henry King of Virginia as possible ancestors. I am seeking Dr. 
Oscar Beasley who submitted the Thomas King data to the Pope Co., Illinois 
Historical Society in 1998. Are any of his descendants still researching his 
King line in Virginia?  If there are male descendants of this Thomas King 
line who settled in Pope Co., Illinois and Perry Co., Illinois I would be 
happy to pay for a DNA test to prove or disprove whether he was related to 
James King b. Virginia in the mid to late 1700's. 

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