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Hi folks, as some of my lists have had comments recently re the above
subject, I thout it might be useful to relay the following announcemnet:
MyFamily.com has written the text below as we believe it will help
answer
any questions your message board posters or mailing list subscribers may
have regarding our OneWorldTreeSM (OWT) service. As always, feel free to
contact or have others contact either Ancestry's Customer Solutions -
http://ancestry.custhelp.com or RootsWeb's HelpDesk -
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com as needed.
Sincerely,
Vicki Thauvin
RootsWeb Staff
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.
Regards, Fred
http://home.att.net/~unclefredwww.rootsweb.com/~nyessex
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