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From: "Mike & Miriam Gentry" <>
Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS-L] Fw: Ancestry.com to sell Family Tree data
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 10:04:01 -0400
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Ancestry.com bites again. I think its very unfair they take over everything
by donation, then sell it. This is their practice for all things they
gather, putting all free information out of business. The FCC should put a
stop to this take over of all information, for the profit of Ancestry.com.

Mike Gentry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Wilmer" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 8:43 PM
Subject: [VAAMHERS-L] Fw: Ancestry.com to sell Family Tree data


> >From another list -- something you might want to know.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:25 AM
> Subject: Ancestry.com to sell Family Tree data
>
>
> If you have submitted a family tree to Ancestry.com, you might want
> to know of the change about to be implemented by them. The Family
> Trees that have been donated to Ancestry for free distribution to
> other
> researchers are about to be sold by subscription: the OneWorldTree
> Preview cost will be $49.95 for 14 months. If you'd prefer that your
> information was not sold, there is a link below which will take you
> to a set of instructions on opting out by deleting your tree.
> After clicking on the link and arriving at the page, click on "What's
> a preview?" near the top of the page.
> Read thoroughly and then click on "View our checklist" (which appears
> on #3).
> Among other things, you will see the following sentence:
> "If for any reason you do not want your tree to be part of the new
> OneWorldTree service, you must delete it from the Ancestry World
> Tree database by tentatively May 21, 2004."
> This is the link: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/trees/owt/
>
>
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