I have read with much interest the post regarding Ancestry. I subscribe to Ancestry and I use the information that I glean from them only as "possible clues and not factual" [unless someone documents their findings]. I take these clues and try to find documentation that would support what I have found. For me they offer a lot that I can access from my home, such as the census. It is great to set at my computor and be able to search so many states and to also to search other records that are available at my finger tips. Actually when you count up the motel fees and the gas used, copying fees, etc. if you can access actual records on line it is great! I know I stll have to travel from time to time but sometime it is not always easy for me to get away. At times I have to depend on a genealogist in the area to go to the Court house for a fee to do a search. I do not submit my information, or anyone elses for that matter, to "any websites" but I will share info from time to time. The only data I try not give to someone I do not know is my parents and to the present generations. If I share I try to back it up with where I obtained the data and if I am not sure I always tell the person that it is only speculation and I do not have documentation to support that theory, etc. Now what happens to that data from there is out of my hands and I hope people who see it will do the right thing and try to verify it before they make a claim that such data is factual. With so many doing genealogy today, to police it, in my mind, would be quite difficult and that is why everyone should be most cautious in their research. Bev To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html