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From: "Yancey, Dennis J" <>
Subject: [YANCEY-L] FW: Special ALERT: MyFamily.com and RootsWeb.com join forces
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:57:15 -0400


This is something that we should all be aware of (if its true)
Not 100% sure if this is good or bad.

Maybe Barbara Dore knows more.

Dennis

> ============================================================
> MYFAMILY.COM AND ROOTSWEB.COM JOIN FORCES
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> ============================================================
> MyFamily.com, Inc., the leading online family network, announced today
> that
> it
> has entered into an agreement to acquire RootsWeb.com, the oldest and
> largest
> free community genealogy site. RootsWeb.com will continue to be free to
> all
> users and will maintain its own unique URL at http://www.rootsweb.com.
>
> "This is truly a winning combination for both organizations and for the
> millions
> of users who make up our audiences," said Greg Ballard, CEO of
> MyFamily.com,
> Inc.
>
> The union will provide RootsWeb.com with the financial backing to expand
> and
> the
> business structure needed to focus on preserving, sharing, and exchanging
> family
> history records. As part of the MyFamily.com network of sites, the
> RootsWeb.com
> site will be able continue its tradition of free access to information
> with
> additional technology tools, increased family research content, and a
> greater
> range of genealogical resources.
>
> "RootsWeb.com fits well with the MyFamily.com vision of creating the
> largest
> and
> most active online resource for families and family history research,"
> said
> Dr.
> Brian Leverich, founder of RootsWeb.com. "This agreement will expand the
> number
> of RootsWeb.com users and content contributors. At the same time, we have
> ensured that RootsWeb.com content, services, mailing lists, and Web pages
> will
> remain free, while allowing the site to provide more functionality and
> resources
> to a larger audience as a result of our being part of the MyFamily.com
> network."
>
> Ancestry.com, part of the MyFamily.com network, has a seventeen-year
> history
> of
> publishing award-winning books, magazines, and CDs, and currently offers
> more
> than 600 million records and over 2,500 databases. More than half of the
> data is
> freely accessible to all Web users. Ancestry.com also hosts, free of
> charge,
> the
> Ancestry World Tree and Online Family Tree software, which allow users to
> connect and collaborate with other researchers who are working on the same
> lines. Ancestry.com users retain ownership of their data, and the company
> pledges never to charge for access to that data or to publish it. For
> those
> who
> prefer to keep their information a little closer to home, sister site
> MyFamily.com allows users to create free, private sites that can be used
> to
> post
> family history data, share news and photos with family, chat online, and
> much
> more.
>
> RootsWeb.com is a valuable resource for family historians, with
> interactive
> guides, discussion lists, and numerous tools for tracing one's ancestry;
> it
> hosts more than 17,000 independently authored Web sites and about 19,000
> mailing
> lists. All of these services will remain free to users.
>
> As part of its ongoing commitment to the genealogical community,
> MyFamily.com,
> Inc. will also continue to support RootsWeb.com-affiliated volunteer,
> non-profit
> organizations, such as The USGenWeb Project, Immigrant Ship Transcribers
> Guild,
> The Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths Projects, and other groups that
> provide
> free genealogical content.
>
> The MyFamily.com acquisition of RootsWeb.com promises to make it easier
> than
> ever for family historians everywhere to discover their heritage.
>
> For the full press release, see
> http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm.
>
> MYFAMILY.COM, INC. URLs:
>
> Ancestry.com
> http://www.ancestry.com
>
> MyFamily.com
> http://www.myfamily.com
>
> FamilyHistory.com
> http://www.familyhistory.com
>
> Ancestry World Tree
> http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/usersub/worldtree/main.htm
>
> FGS Society Hall
> http://www.familyhistory.com/societyhall/main.asp
>
> Ancestry.com Library
> http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/main.htm
>
> ROOTSWEB.COM URLS
>
> RootsWeb.com
> http://www.rootsweb.com
>
> WorldConnect Project
> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
>
> International Black Sheep Society
> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blksheep/
>
> International Internet Genealogical Society
> http://iigs.rootsweb.com/
>
> Obituary Daily Times
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
>
> INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS/PROJECTS
> HOSTED AT ROOTSWEB.COM
>
> The USGenWeb Project
> http://www.USGenWeb.org
>
> The WorldGenWeb Project
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggenweb/index.html
>
> Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
> http://ISTG.rootsweb.com
>
> The Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths Projects
> http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com
>
> Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
> http://www.cyndislist.com/
>
> ********************************************************************
> Keep in touch with your family and share information and data with a FREE
> MyFamily.com site. Sign up now for your site at:
> http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?id=ancnewsfooter
> ********************************************************************
> Search Ancestry's World Tree--the largest, free database of family files
> available on the Internet! Add your family tree today!
> http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/usersub/worldtree/main.htm
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> Best Wishes,
> Juliana Smith, Editor, Ancestry Daily News
> Megan Vandre, Associate Editor
> Please feel free to circulate this newsletter to other genealogy
> enthusiasts! We
> hope that you will also credit the Daily News as the source. To subscribe
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> personal research, but periodically will feature letters to the editor in
> the
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> clarity.
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