[From nobody Thu Nov 19 14:00:38 2020 From: "Eugene V. Barnes" <evbarnes@earthlink.net> To: <or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Discontinued Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:38:14 +0000 Content-Type: Multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_14865_1174253124_1" MIME-Version: 1.0 --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_14865_1174253124_1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> <STYLE>BODY { FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: = Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff } </STYLE> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Ancesttry.com is the maker = of Family=20 Tree Maker genealogical software.  Ancestral Quest is the=20 grandfather</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>of Family Tree Maker.  = I use=20 Anscestral Quest, alltough I have FTM.  I find FTM cumbersome to=20 use:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>can you cut and paste your = notes on an=20 individual?  AQ allows you to do so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Gene Barnes, Costa Mesa ,=20 CA</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Drgust@netins.net href=3D"mailto:rgust@netins.net">Robert = Gust</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dor-roots@www.sos.state.or.us=20 = href=3D"mailto:or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us= </A> ;=20 <A title=3Dor-roots@www.sos.state.or.us=20 = href=3D"mailto:or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us= </A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 18, 2007 = 8:35=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] = Discontinued=20 Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I believe it is all one and the same. = At one time=20 I tracked all the name changes at the Family History Library which = used to be=20 the Latter Day Saints in Provo Utah. They changed to the Family = History=20 Library with the same logo. Then they changed the home page a little. = The next=20 thing they did was create the my family.com name. They had = genealogy.com=20 already. I believe that because all the CDs they sold were created = from the=20 family history centers. Next Ancestry.com acquired genealogy.com and = took over=20 all of their data which they have in books, family trees etc. However = you=20 cannot find the submitters name because those were linked to a paid=20 subscription on Genealogy.com. Next the myfamily.com changed to The = Generation=20 network.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All that free information available = at the family=20 history library was no longer available. So the small get smaller and = the big=20 get bigger and in the end it is going to cost.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I may not have the timing quite right = but I think=20 this is what has happen. Mainly because I once subscribed to = genealogy.com and=20 Ancestry.com and noticed the genealogy.com was no longer posting any = new=20 information!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>And I wonder if Pro Quest is also in the mix=20 somewhere.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Susie</FONT></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dpswitzertatum@peoplepc.com=20 href=3D"mailto:pswitzertatum@peoplepc.com">Paulette</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dor-roots@www.sos.state.or.us=20 = href=3D"mailto:or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us= </A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 18, 2007 = 1:39=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] = Discontinued=20 Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV id=3DcompText>I have always wondered about the ancestry.com = services -=20 while they are fascinating,and the full access is pretty amazing as = far as=20 what I have seen of it, it all seems so expensive, so I use my = public=20 library for access. Isn't ancestry.com part of the LDS Church? I = know they=20 put a lot of money into digitizing all those public records around = the USA=20 and the world, but do they get federal tax breaks for being a = church? It=20 seems a little bit confusing to me if that is so, that they can then = charge=20 so much to allow people to view data from public records. Perhaps I = just do=20 not understand the whole story behind=20 ancestry.com.<BR><BR>Paulette<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: = rgb(0,0,255) 2px solid">-----Original=20 Message----- <BR>From: Robert Gust <RGUST@NETINS.NET><BR>Sent: Mar = 17,=20 2007 12:14 PM <BR>To: or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us,=20 or-roots@www.sos.state.or.us <BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] = Discontinued=20 Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers=20 <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"=20 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"><ZZZMETA=20 content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" = name=3D"GENERATOR"></ZZZMETA><ZZZBODY=20 id=3Drole_body=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Arial"=20 bottommargin=3D"7" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" leftmargin=3D"7" = topmargin=3D"7"=20 = rightmargin=3D"7"></ZZZBODY></ZZZMETA></ZZZHEAD></ZZZHTML></RGUST@NETINS.= NET> <DIV> <P style=3D"WIDTH: 600px"><A style=3D"COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"=20 = href=3D"http://genealogyblog.com/family-history-library/discontinued-ance= strycom-access-to-the-family-history-centers-5875">Discontinued=20 <B>Ancestry</B>.com Access to the Family History = Centers</A><BR><FONT=20 size=3D-1><FONT color=3D#666666>By Leland Meitzler </FONT><BR>I = think the=20 notice says it all&#8230; To: Family History Center Directors = in=20 English Language Areas From: Worldwide Support Date: March 16, = 2007 Re:=20 Discontinued Access to <B>Ancestry</B>.com Databases For many = years,=20 <B>Ancestry</B>.com has provided <B>...</B><BR><FONT = color=3Dgreen><A=20 title=3Dhttp://genealogyblog.com style=3D"COLOR: green"=20 href=3D"http://genealogyblog.com">Genealogy Blog - = http://genealogyblog.com=20 </A></FONT></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> This takes place on April 1 2007.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If I lose the link just Google it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> = <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><PRE>________________________________= ________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com</PRE>____________________________________________= ___=20 or-roots mailing list or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us=20 http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots=20 </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_14865_1174253124_1-- ]