Here is the latest on Ancestry.
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From: usgenweb-se-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
[mailto:usgenweb-se-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Blum-Barton
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:03 PM
To: SEMA Regional List
Subject: [USGW-SE] FW: [USGENWEB-DISCUSS] Internet Biographical
Collection -Update
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From: usgenweb-discuss-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
[mailto:usgenweb-discuss-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Scott Burow
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:31 PM
To: usgenweb-discuss(a)rootsweb.com; state-coord(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [USGENWEB-DISCUSS] Internet Biographical Collection - Update
... and what I believe will be the final update at this point. Your
messages and concerns were heard and received.
Scott Burow
NC - USGenWeb
----- Original Message -----
From: Anna Fechter
To: sburow(a)swbell.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:24 PM
Subject: Update on Ancestry's Internet Biographical Collection
Scott,
I wanted to make sure that you were kept up to date with the latest
developments. We have decided to remove the collection from our site.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.
"Earlier this week we launched the Internet Biographical Collection on
Ancestry.com. Our goal was to offer members a search engine that focused
primarily on genealogy resources. We intended this collection to help
surface family history information that many people would not be able to
find easily because it is often scattered among numerous websites across
the Internet. We cached individual Web pages in an effort to preserve
history - if a Web page featuring important family history information
were taken down in the future, a cached version would still be
available.
Many people have expressed concerns about the collection and the search
engine we created on
Ancestry.com. We recognize the significant time and
resources members of the genealogical community invest to make their
family history research available online.
Over the past few days we have reevaluated this collection's goals,
caching and crawling ability, and user experience. We have decided to
remove this collection and search engine from
Ancestry.com for the time
being. We are still dedicated to providing family historians the online
tools and aggregated records that make it easier to trace their family
tree and will work to develop a solution that meets those needs in a way
that will be most beneficial to our customers and the community."
Thank you for your continued support of RootsWeb.
Kind regards,
Anna Fechter
ANNA FECHTER
Community Operations Manager
The Generations Network
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