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From: "Elissa Scalise Powell, CG" <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Archives.com Free Temp Membership with NGS
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 19:23:45 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <000b01caff82$3ba215f0$b2e641d0$@com>


Consolidating information is helpful -- such as the trusty stand-by
Cyndislist.com. But with so many options, unless they grow their reach they
will not be able to retain members who will probably become very savvy in
the one-year membership time.

-- Elissa in Pittsburgh, PA

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG
www.PowellGenealogy.com
CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for
Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
after periodic evaluations by the Board.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Thomas MacEntee
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:57 PM
>
> It does seem that Archives.com is going after what I call the "bright and
> shiny object" crowd in the genealogy market. To me Archives.com is a
> "consolidating" database which provides information from a variety of
> sources (free and paid) and then it is up to the person to either
subscribe
> to that database (i.e. Footnote.com) or order that record (i.e.
VitalChek).
>
> [Disclaimer: full disclosure here - I recently wrote an Experts article
> about genealogy blogging for Archives.com for which I was paid and for
which
> they also provided me a one year subscription for free.]


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