From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Mar 20 18:38:53 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2L1crjb007649; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:38:53 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2L1crm2007621 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:38:53 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2KN80FI025941 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:08:00 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2KN80b9025940 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:08:00 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2KMo6FI025816 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:50:06 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2L1Km7W026438 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:20:48 -0700 X-Envelope-From: dianmah@juno.com Mon Mar 20 18:20:48 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2L1Kmjb026429 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:20:48 -0700 Received: from m23.lax.untd.com (m23.lax.untd.com [64.136.30.86]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k2L1Kjm0029783 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:20:47 -0700 Received: from m23.lax.untd.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by m23.lax.untd.com with SMTP id AABCB8XG3ABWL4ZJ for (sender ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:20:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dianmah@juno.com) by m23.lax.untd.com (jqueuemail) id LKXU8DFQ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:19:23 PST To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:17:54 -0600 Message-ID: <20060320.191755.3856.0.dianmah@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 5.0.33 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,7-8,14-15,20-21,24-27 From: Dian Mahaney X-ContentStamp: 8:4:1225185126 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: wmVxicAX/NvkiQqWZS0UuAjM0L0GMqQU4tosQPw2EBdYGZJv8YV3GA== X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 127.0.0.1|localhost|m23.lax.untd.com|dianmah@juno.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest- Ancestry.com Carol, I have a subscription to Ancestry. There are pros and cons even for those of us who will continue to keep up our subscriptions. I didn't find the newspapers very helpful, so I have dropped that. They are adding to their newspaper collection, so I may try it again in a couple of years. Obviously, having images of newspapers in a place and time that one is researching is much more useful. I found my gg grandparent's passenger list record. The census records have been extremely useful for me. My Mother's family has many family researchers, and we have been at it for many years. But my Father's family has only shown a slight interest and there isn't a lot of information. Those census records have helped me fill in a lot of information, other than just names and dates. I found the WWI draft registration cards for both of my grandfather's -with their signatures. The WWII enlistment records for one of my uncles. Which reminds me to look for another uncle. I have also found information on my maternal gg grandfather's Civil War records. Information on some of the battles his unit fought in. The "Family Trees" can be disappointing. I keep hoping I'm going to find someone who has that one piece of information that will break through one of my brick walls. I just keep looking and hoping. Hope this helps. Dian