Re: RootsWeb to be Moved to Ancestry.com

mels...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Robert Melson) wrote:

> Please 'scuse the multi-post .. thought it the best way
> to get this out to "my" groups.
>
> Interesting article here:
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> http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/03/rootsweb-to-be...
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> See also: =A0http?//blogs.rootsweb.com/newsroom
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> RootsWeb to be Moved to Ancestry.com.
>
> As a more-or-less skeptic, I wonder when the other shoe will drop
> and RW will be either terminated or become a for-a-fee service,
> despite Sullivan's claims to the contrary..
>
> Suspicious Ol' Bob


I believe what will happen is at some point all RootsWeb will be
frozen and no new input allowed and then it will be treated as any
other Ancestry on-line database (i.e. Read Only).

>From that point on all RootsWeb functions (mailinglists, SSDI,
USGENWEB, etc.) would be done on Ancestry rather than RootsWeb.

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