> on 6/17/02 1:29 AM, [log in to unmask] at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>> Rootsweb is supposed to be free, but has recently been bought by
>> ancestry.com; might the latter now be trying to force us to pay for use of
>> rootsweb.com? Or, is there some simpler explanation?
>> Gordon Adams: [log in to unmask]
>>
>   I think we are all wondering what is going on.  If it is just a matter of
enduring the advertisements it is one thing.  But are we now expected to pay
Ancestry.com for the product of the volunteers who have given so much to
provide powerful data bases?

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