Sheila,
If you look at the USGenWeb state list you notice that although the
majority of sites are hosted freely on rootsweb, not all are on the
rootsweb server. As a project we are not affiliated with Rootsweb so it
makes sense that we don't have to use their free server. It was just
something which was made available to the sites years ago so server
space did not have to be purchased by individuals if they preferred to
use the free space offer. All states accept those shown below use
Rootsweb free server space. I purchased a server space when I was
elected state coordinator because I had to take the site off the
previous webmasters own private server, and the ohgenweb rootsweb space
was being used by another site. However that webmaster freed up the
space for our use which is why we are currently on the free server. It
is not mandatory to use the free server space, it was just available if
we wanted to use it. Most of us old timers since the beginning of our
project knows that the internet has evolved into what it is today and
things were much different and way more expensive back in the mid
1990's. Now for only about six bucks a year you can purchase server
space of your own. Anyone that wants to know about that can contact our
own Dale Madison over at
ancestralsites.com I purchased mine two years
ago at about 9 a month *way more expensive), which is a good example of
how things just keep evolving and to a more reasonable cost all the
time. It is just easier to change website managers/makers if the sites
are on one free server but it isn't mandatory.
www.*akgenweb.org* Alaska
http://*azgenweb.org/*Arizona
http://*cagenweb.com/* California
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*www*.degenweb.org/* Delaware
www.*ingenweb.org* Indiana
http://*IAGenWeb.org* Iowa
h*ttp://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/index.html* Kansas
www.*kygenweb.net/index.html *Kentucky
www.*lagenweb.org/* Louisiana
www.*mdgenweb.org* Maryland
www.*usroots.com/~usgwnhus/* New Hampshire
www*.pagenweb.org*/ Pennsylvania
<http://*sciway3.net/scgenweb/* South Carolina
www.*tngenweb.org*/ Tennessee
http://*home.att.net/~Local_History/VT_History.htm* Vermont