On Jan 7, 2020, at 7:53 PM, Dick Chase via CHASE
<chase(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
I’m in for whatever the best solution is as long as it’s NOT Ancestry!
Dick Chase
From: Roanne
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 6:49 PM
To: chase(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CHASE] Re: FW: [ROOT-LO-ANNOUN] RootsWeb Mailing Lists
Facebook group sounds good.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Kathleen Caslin
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 2:58 PM
To: chase(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CHASE] Re: FW: [ROOT-LO-ANNOUN] RootsWeb Mailing Lists
Lisa,
I would be interested if you’d like to start a Facebook group.
Kathy Caslin
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> On Jan 7, 2020, at 5:47 PM, Lisa Martin <lrclevers(a)centurylink.net> wrote:
>
> Sadly I received this information today. This wasn't the agreement Ancestry
> told us when they bought Rootsweb. I know many would rather not use
> Ancestry since you have to pay to use. There are free sites that can be
> used like Family Search @
https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fam...
Only no message
> boards. There's also Wikitree @
https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wik...
which is free and
> they do have message forums. I do like Wikitree they require sources for
> each person listed which is a big help in research. Yes they is some
> incorrect info listed, but the good thing is if you see info not correct you
> can go in and edit and fix the misinformation and add source info to back up
> the change.
>
> If any of you are interested I can start a Chase group on Facebook if enough
> are interested in me doing so.
>
> I will miss this group some of you have been on this page with me for since
> the late 90's
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa Martin
> List Owner
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RootsWeb Administration [mailto:rwmailinglists@ancestry.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 12:35 PM
> To: rootsweb-listowners-announcements(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [ROOT-LO-ANNOUN] RootsWeb Mailing Lists
>
> Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will
> be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or
> accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer
> be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an
> archival state.
>
> Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After
> that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on
> RootsWeb.
>
> As an alternative to RootsWeb Mailing Lists, Ancestry message boards are a
> great option to network with others in the genealogy community. Message
> boards are available for free with an Ancestry registered account.
> Thank you for being part of the RootsWeb family and contributing to this
> community.
>
> Sincerely,
> The RootsWeb team
>
>
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