[SPAM] Re: [Genealib] World Family Tree

Fri Aug 10 10:04:22 EDT 2007

"World Family Tree" and "Ancestry World Tree" are actually two different
databases.

*	World Family Tree is available in Genealogy.com.  The website
description reads, "The World Family Tree is a growing collection of
family trees contributed by genealogists like you - it includes more
than 183 million names in 269,000 trees."

*	Ancestry World Tree is available as a read-only database in
Ancestry Library Edition.  The website description reads, "The Ancestry
World Tree contains nearly 400 million names in family trees submitted
by our users. The Ancestry World Tree is the largest collection of its
kind on the Internet."

ProQuest is not a distributor for Genealogy.com, so my knowledge about
the product is rather limited.  If you need to speak with a customer
service or sales representative, I recommend you call them at
1-800-548-1806, Mon-Fri: 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Eastern Time.

Regards,

Bill Forsyth

William Forsyth, PMP 
Director of Product Management 
ProQuest

________________________________

From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Sutton,
Linda
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 7:43 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: [Genealib] World Family Tree

Oops, I did not read the list far enough down to where he lists World
Family Tree on ALE.

Rootsweb.com does allow for uploading etc. 

Linda

Linda Sutton
Oakland County Research Library
1200 N Telegraph
Dept. 453
Pontiac  MI  48341-0453

suttonl at oakgov.com

---- Original message ----

	Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:36:07 -0400 (EDT)
	From: "Sutton, Linda" <suttonl at oakgov.com>
	Subject: RE: [SPAM]  Re: [Genealib] World Family Tree
	To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
<genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>

	World Family Tree IS accessable through ALE. Hit the top search
button and then scroll down the list that appears on the right hand side
of the screen. It is near the bottom. However if  I want to just access
the World Family Tree I do it through rootsweb.com as it is easier to
locate the tab for it and at this point it is free.

	Linda

	Linda Sutton
	Oakland County Research Library
	1200 N Telegraph
	Dept. 453
	Pontiac  MI  48341-0453

	suttonl at oakgov.com

	---- Original message ----

		Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:37:09 -0400
		From: "Forsyth, William"
<William.Forsyth at il.proquest.com>
		Subject: RE: [SPAM]  Re: [Genealib] World Family Tree
		To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists"
<genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>

		World Family Tree is a pedigree (lineage-linked)
database 
		within Genealogy.com.  Genealogy.com is own and operated
by The Generations 
		Network, the parent company of Ancestry.com,
Rootsweb.com, Family Tree Maker, 
		etc.

		Here is a current list of what's in Ancestry.com that's 
		**not** in the Ancestry Library Edition (ALE):

		*        
		One 
		World Tree.  This is a computer-generated 
		pedigree database.

		*        
		The 
		third-party content in Ancestry's Historical Newspaper
and Obituary 
		Collections.  This also includes 
		the obituaries obtained from ProQuest, which are
available to libraries in the 
		ProQuest Obituaries product.

		*        
		ProQuest's 
		books in Ancestry's Families and Local Histories
Collection.  Those books are available in 
		HeritageQuest Online.

		*        
		PeopleFinder, which 
		uses public records to locate living people.

		*        
		Filby's 
		Passenger and Immigration Lists (PILI) 
		and Gale's City Directories.  
		These databases are owned by Gale Group and are licensed
to only 
		Ancestry.com.

		*        
		Biography 
		& Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) 
		.

		*        
		Ancestry 
		World Tree and 
		Ancestry Message Boards are available 
		in ALE.  However, they are read-only.  Users cannot
upload data, post messages 
		or reply to messages.

		Regards,
		Bill Forsyth

		William Forsyth, PMP 
		Director of Product Management 
		ProQuest 

________________________________

		From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu 
		[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On
Behalf Of Colleen 
		Ringel
		Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 3:16 PM
		To: 
		Librarians Serving Genealogists
		Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Genealib] World 
		Family Tree
		Importance: Low

		My understanding from William Forsythe at Proquest is
that anything 
		that is in Ancestry.com that is submitted by the general
population is not part 
		of Ancestry Library Edition, so One World Tree, Family
Trees, message boards and 
		the like are not included. Only verifiable databases are
part of ALE.

		Colleen Ringel

		Reference/Electronic Resources Librarian

		Morton Grove Public Library

		Morton Grove, IL  60053

		Direct:  (847) 929-5116

		Main:  (847) 965-4220

		FAX:  (847) 965-7903

		cringel at webrary.org

		http://www.webrary.org

		Opinions expressed are those of the author and do 
		not necessarily reflect official Library policy.

		On Aug 9, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Redwine, Katherine wrote:

			Is the World Family Tree available only 
			through a genealogy.com subscription?  My
library has a number of the cd 
			bundles, but the computer used to access them
has given up the ghost.  We 
			would prefer to offer the information online.

			Katherine Redwine 
			Grace A. Dow Memorial Library 
			Midland, MI 

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