----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Chan" <lindachan1347(a)telus.net>
To: <Huntington(a)Huntington.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Huntington Research Site
I have a comment about this site. I went and signed up and checked it out.
You are given "50 credits" for looking up names on this site. Now, you use
up 2 credits just looking for a name, whether the name is found or not, and
each addtional click to find more info about your person uses up 6 credits.
So you can see that your credits are used up quickly. 1000 additional
credits can be purchased from the web site master for $10. I guess there is
nothing wrong with that if you are willing to pay this amount to be able to
search, but my problem with it is that it is obvious these "millions of
names" were gleaned from GEDCOMS downloaded from other sites on the
internet. Probably sites where you can search for free, such as
ancestry.com and LDS site. I searched for my ancestor Benjamin Oxley just
to see if he would pop up, and he did, but the info on him was incorrect.
His birthdate was incorrect, and the info listed for his wife's father was
totally wrong. She was linked to the wrong family. to tell you the
truth, the file looked suspiciously like my own research from a few years
ago and it makes me wonder where this person got it from. I had once been
under the mistaken impression that Benjamin's wife was Mary Jane Huiet,
daughter of Simon Huiet of Montgomery County, Ohio, but I have since
learned that there were two Mary Jane Huiet/Hewetts in Montgomery County,
and Benjamin's wife was actually the daughter of Thomas Hewett. This
website had listed Philip Huiet as her father, who was actually Simon
Huiet's father.
Anyway, my point is this: I may be mistaken, but I believe the person who
is webmaster of this site is attempting to profit from other people's
research, and she may not be too selective about where she is getting this
info, and it is not verified. I suppose that is the same as the info you
gather from
ancestry.com and LDS and World Connect project, the info is only
as good as the person who supplies it, but I would think long and hard
before I paid to search for info at this webstie.
Linda Chan
----- Original Message -----
From: <Huntington(a)Huntington.com>
To: <INHUNT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:32 AM
Subject: Huntington Research Site
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gh.2ADI/3730
Message Board Post:
I found a great Huntington County Genealogy Site:
http://65.10.15.149/FreeGen/Home.html
They will be adding over 1 billion names to their online database over the
next few months.
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