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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:40:10 -0400
From: Linda Lewis <cityslic(a)ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: ARCHIVES-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: ARCHIVES-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [ARCHIVES-L] The Ancestry/Rootsweb Announcement
Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:48:48 -0700
Resent-From: ARCHIVES-L(a)rootsweb.com
I just wanted to let everyone know that nothing has changed as far as
the USGenWeb Archives are concerned. We will still operate the same way.
The files will still be free and will NOT be sold, or merged with other
databases. Our URL will be the same, and our technical support will not
be compromised.
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/merge.html (from Karen Isaacson)
From Ancestry's press release:
http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm
"As part of its ongoing commitment to the genealogical community,
MyFamily.com, Inc. will continue to support volunteer,
non-profit
organizations such as The USGenWeb Project (
www.USGenWeb.org),
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild (
ISTG.rootsweb.com), The
Free Births,
Marriages, and Deaths Project (
FreeBMD.rootsweb.com), and
other groups
that provide free genealogical content."
The guidelines of the USGenWeb Archives are still in place and in force.
Linda