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Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Ancestry.com now charging for One World Tree
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 00:22:11 EDT

In a message dated 5/8/2004 10:42:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
writes:
I recieved this from the Iowa list and I believe everyone should read this.

Amanda
Hello Amanda,
Please note that the information you received is not correct. Please help by
posting a correction to any list you sent this message to. Below is an
announcement from ancestry concerning the new service. Ancestry is NOT TAKING YOUR
INFORMATION AND SELLING IT. The information on the trees will remain free.
All they are marketing is a specialized search engine that will ultimately
search various databases and attempt to make matches for you.
I don't know if the people putting these things out really don't understand
or if they are just interested in getting people upset but please encourage
folks to go and read about it for themselves.
Thanks so much and see the announcement below.
Emma

At the end of April, Ancestry.com released a preview of a new service
called the OneWorldTreeSM service. This preview is just the first step
toward a powerful new tool for your genealogical research. The preview
status of the release has prompted questions and speculation. We hope the
following information will help clear up some of the confusion regarding
the OneWorldTree service.

OneWorldTree does two things.
€ First, it searches family history records. It does not modify
or replace the original records.
€ Second, it compiles the information in an effort to group the
ones that go with a given person (a process we call ³stitching²), and
provides references to the original sources.

The first collection of records stitched into OneWorldTree was the
Ancestry World Tree. Ancestry.com will continue to add records to the
OneWorldTree system in an effort to provide more valuable data for our
users, including trees, census records, and vital records. RootsWeb¹s
World Connect Project is among the databases that will be searched and
stitched as part of the OneWorldTree service.

Family Trees submitted through Ancestry World Tree and RootsWeb World
Connect are free and will remain free. Any options chosen by
submitters with respect to GEDCOM download and source display will
still work the same way. OneWorldTree doesn¹t contain those trees, it
contains links that help people find them.

We hope that the genealogy community will see the value of searching
and stitching in the greater context of sharing family history
information, and that they will add and update their trees. In order
to be included in OneWorldTree, family trees must meet certain
criteria. If you want to be sure that your tree will be included in
the new OneWorldTree service, or if for any reason you do not want
your tree to be part of OneWorldTree, please visit
http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/checklist.aspx for more information.

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