From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Tue Nov 26 22:04:54 1996 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (root@bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA00399; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:04:54 -0800 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA29049 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:05:08 -0800 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA00394 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:04:53 -0800 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (slist@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA26098 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:46:44 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA21214 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:46:27 -0800 X-Envelope-From: carl@jps.net Tue Nov 26 19:46:25 1996 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (root@bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA21205 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:46:25 -0800 Received: from CABERNET.jps.net (ns1.jps.net [206.170.168.35]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA26091 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:46:40 -0800 Received: from max-port63.jps.net ([205.138.253.74]) by CABERNET.jps.net (post.office MTA v1.9.3 **** trial license expired ****) with SMTP id AAA143; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:43:05 -0800 Message-ID: <329BB93E.3586@jps.net> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:45:02 -0800 From: Carl Phillips X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roots-L@rootsweb.com CC: FTMtech-l@lists.best.com Subject: World Family Tree Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com Greetings: Several of you have asked about the advisability of submitting your files to the World Family Tree Project. Here is my experience. I do not object to the concept. Any means by which I can get my family info out for other researchers I feel is an advantage. Several months ago I submitted my entire family file (less than 1500 names) on 23 diskettes to Broderbund. I have never received an acknowledgement so this week I inquired as to the status. I was informed by Broderbund that my file was too large and they could not handle it. Now, as most of you know, 1500 names is not a large genealogy file. Since they nag us (Family Tree Maker users) at every chance to submit our files, it seems to me that they should be able to handle a file of this size. After I went to the trouble of making 23 diskettes and packaging and mailing the files to Broderbund, they are doing nothing with them. That upsets me. Carl in Calif