Sooooo.....

[Alex]

My mom sends me an email every once in a while with some genealogical discovery.

I haven't been able to properly convey how little I care about who my ancestors were, unless I've met them in person in which case I don't need research. Not that I'm trying hard since I fear that an a serious attempt would lead us into a god conversation and I don't think that would go as well now as it did when we last had one 21 years ago.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I'm surprised at you, JW. Ancestry.com is a major tool of the Mormon church. And aren't you just a little bit creeped out that the Mormon church has done so much research about YOUR family, before you or anyone you are related to even visited the site?

As Alex said, it's not the LDS church that's doing the research, it's individual members of the site. So no, I'm not creeped out. I'm finding a ton of information about my family; and I'm trying to gather as much as I can before the free 14 day trial runs out.

I traced my maternal grandmother's line (Hill) back to a John Hill who arrived in Plymouth Colony sometime in the 1620's. He wasn't on the Mayflower, but must have come on one of the subsequent ships. He was married in Plymouth Mass in 1629.

Bill's family arrived in Virginia in 1648. There is a book about the eary families of Virginia. His family has their own chapter.

[Prudence]

So. Sick. of sending out job applications. Hire me already!

[Morrigoon]

What 14 day free trial?

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

What 14 day free trial?

The one that is on the front page of their site...

Included is:

All the tools you need to build, grow and share your family tree online
The ability to upload photos, documents and stories to your tree
Shared access to your tree for family members

ADC seems to be more data aggregation then a bunch of people in the LDS church spending hours researching the population.

Paying for the membership is similar to paying a convenience fee for a service so you don't have to do leg work that will take years.

If the time ever comes when I use the service I'll donate an equal, if not more amount to a cause that the LDS is against.

[€uroMeinke]

For Flippy & BTD

[flippyshark]

Where is this? I want one.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Where is this? I want one.

Down the street from me at Discovery channel HQ.

[BarTopDancer]

I can't see it at work

[Strangler Lewis]

Too soon.