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From: Katherine Flynn <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Ancestry marketing again
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 19:05:12 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <44580579.9060309@earthlink.net>


Dear Jdouma,

May I suggest you take this up directly with the
company:

Contact info for Public Relations at:
http://myfamily.mediaroom.com/index.php

Since you can't remember the details of the ad maybe
they can help.

Sincerely,
Kathy Flynn

--- Jdouma <> wrote:

> A year ago -- almost to the day -- a thread ran for
> a bit about
> Ancestry's radio ads in certain markets. I have
> been hearing a similar
> ad again lately (as before on the classical music
> station). I just
> looked through the list archives and found someone
> said she called and
> got a sales pitch. I can't recall the ad
> specifically from before, but
> this time they are offering a free report -- of
> course with all the you
> "might" find this or that as more information is
> becoming available...
> My daughter thought it sounds like a scam and a
> risky thing for someone
> with a big name and reputation like Ancestry, but I
> pointed out the
> carefully worded statements. I'm thinking of
> calling, to see if this is
> more than a list of phone directory listings but
> have not decided what
> name to use. Somehow John Pearson my ex-in-law
> seems too easy to
> find!!! Why there are thousands of records of
> him!!! I'm thinking
> maybe one of my more obscure Dutch surnames...
>
> Has anyone else heard this (and responded) this time
> around?
>
> Just idly curious,
> Thanks,
> Jane
>
> --
> Jane Douma Pearson
> Genealogist, lecturer, family archivist
>
>
>
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