Hi Mr. Drake, I at no time was referring to anything you said just referring to the list in the course of this discussion. I understand that alot of people do not like Ancestry.com that is their choise. I do and it has helped me find out where some of my relatives went to. In one case I found a cousin had moved from Virginia to California via census records on Ancestry and then via a database on Oregon deaths I found out she had died there in 1949. And with that information I was able to go to LVA's interlibrary loan and order a newspaper and found her obituaty in it proving it was indeed the right lady. This is one example how it can sometimes lead to some good information. I just thought I could express my opinion as others have done. If others do not like it I have no problem with that. We live in a great free country. God bless, Beth > Beth wrote: > > "....When you see people on World Connect who have a couple of hundred > thousand > people in their database while most of us have 5,000- 20,000 you tend > to be > suspicious of where they got their info. :) > > I have written to some of them, sometimes you get no response > sometimes you > do. But the only ones responsible as I say for taking your database > information are individuals. They need to learn to do their own > research. > > I have noticed that even some libraries have Ancestry.com available in > their > lists of databases.... > *** > I have not at anytime stated that a person should not utilize such > "genealogy for money" websites for whatever value those may have to > any one family or line. I simply have said that I do not use such, > and do not advise anyone else to do so. I also have mentioned and > firmly believe that many if not most such sites plagiarize or > otherwise "take" the work products of honest researchers and sell > those at a profit without gaining or even seeking permission. Paul > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html