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<DIV><FONT size=2>I think all this muddled discussion about the possible and/or
perceived link of Ancestry to the Family History Library is comprised of
personal opinions, with little proof of the allegations. I have spent many
$$ traveling to distant locations, hiring professional researchers to dig into
local records, etc. Even if I had unlimited financial resources, I don't
have the time to travel the world searching out the records still to be
found. Ancestry has given me access to many, many records that I
would most certainly not be able to find </FONT><FONT
size=2>otherwise. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The letter from Tim Sullivan of Ancestry gives the other side
of the story.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>It costs money to locate and digitize records, no matter who
is doing it. Ancestry is not a non-profit organization. I gladly pay
the annual prescription fee for access to their wonderful records.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Darlene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rgust@netins.net href="mailto:rgust@netins.net">Robert Gust</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us</A> ;
<A title=or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 18, 2007 8:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Discontinued
Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe it is all one and the same. At one time
I tracked all the name changes at the Family History Library which used to be
the Latter Day Saints in Provo Utah. They changed to the Family History
Library with the same logo. Then they changed the home page a little. The next
thing they did was create the my family.com name. They had genealogy.com
already. I believe that because all the CDs they sold were created from the
family history centers. Next Ancestry.com acquired genealogy.com and took over
all of their data which they have in books, family trees etc. However you
cannot find the submitters name because those were linked to a paid
subscription on Genealogy.com. Next the myfamily.com changed to The Generation
network.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All that free information available at the family
history library was no longer available. So the small get smaller and the big
get bigger and in the end it is going to cost.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I may not have the timing quite right but I think
this is what has happen. Mainly because I once subscribed to genealogy.com and
Ancestry.com and noticed the genealogy.com was no longer posting any new
information!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>And I wonder if Pro Quest is also in the mix
somewhere.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Susie</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pswitzertatum@peoplepc.com
href="mailto:pswitzertatum@peoplepc.com">Paulette</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:39
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Discontinued
Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV id=compText>I have always wondered about the ancestry.com services -
while they are fascinating,and the full access is pretty amazing as far as
what I have seen of it, it all seems so expensive, so I use my public
library for access. Isn't ancestry.com part of the LDS Church? I know they
put a lot of money into digitizing all those public records around the USA
and the world, but do they get federal tax breaks for being a church? It
seems a little bit confusing to me if that is so, that they can then charge
so much to allow people to view data from public records. Perhaps I just do
not understand the whole story behind
ancestry.com.<BR><BR>Paulette<BR><BR><BR>
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Message----- <BR>From: Robert Gust <RGUST@NETINS.NET><BR>Sent: Mar 17,
2007 12:14 PM <BR>To: or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us,
or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us <BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Discontinued
Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers
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<P style="WIDTH: 600px"><A style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"
href="http://genealogyblog.com/family-history-library/discontinued-ancestrycom-access-to-the-family-history-centers-5875">Discontinued
<B>Ancestry</B>.com Access to the Family History Centers</A><BR><FONT
size=-1><FONT color=#666666>By Leland Meitzler </FONT><BR>I think the
notice says it all… To: Family History Center Directors in
English Language Areas From: Worldwide Support Date: March 16, 2007 Re:
Discontinued Access to <B>Ancestry</B>.com Databases For many years,
<B>Ancestry</B>.com has provided <B>...</B><BR><FONT color=green><A
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<DIV> This takes place on April 1 2007.</DIV>
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<DIV>If I lose the link just Google it.</DIV>
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