1) Ancestry staff typically do not answer questions on this board. If you want an official answer, use the official contact method.

2) "...concerns I have about OWT. I have contacted 3 or 4 people about their GEDCOMs, which had downloaded and merged my files with theirs. I asked them to remove the portion of their files that had come from my original tree. They are not complying, or haven't as of yet. I am very distraught by this. I shared with them my feelings of disappointment that family tree files were being STITCHED together without EACH submitter being asked about it."

Sorry, but you have NO RIGHT to make such demands. The information in your tree is public domain data and anyone can use it anyway they want ... without your permission or knowledge. Additionally, if anyone is downloading your gedcom, they are doing so from WorldConnect or Ancestry World Tree ... not OWT.

3) "Here's my 1st question: If I have already paid for a full subscription to access all of the locked information records, just what on earth is the additional $39.95 going to get me? I already have access to the census, military, .....etc. Am I nuts or am I just paying for the convenience of it all being on one page? Any one can search those files with great ease already! Digging is have of the fun!"

You are correct - CONVENIENCE is the reason for the additional charge for OWT.

4) "Secondly, If the users that have taken my GEDCOM and merged it with theirs does not remove the research that I freely shared, because I felt confident that my efforts would not be used by the websites in any way to make a profit, do Ancestry and the parties involved realize that they are indeed invading the privacy of another?"

There are so many problems with your statements above, I hardly know where to begin. First, as discussed in #2 above, you cannot make such restrictions or demands on public domain information. Secondly, if YOU uploaded personal, private information to Ancestry, Rootsweb, MyFamily or even Genealogy.com, then YOU are guilty of invading the privacy of another ... not Ancestry and not the person who downloaded your gedcom.

5) "This paragraph is included in the Submission Agreement:
"You agree not to submit information that infringes on the copyrights of others, invades the privacy of others, or is defamatory or profane in any way. Ancestry reserves the right to remove any information, which, at its sole discretion, violates these terms." "Will Ancestry remove a GEDCOM file from OWT if the submitter is not complying with the above statement?"

Perhaps. But not by you. The person being infringed must make the complaint. Thats all covered in Ancestry's corporate copyright policy.

6) "I will not stand still for other users to include my files on OWT. Is Ancestry ready for the multiple lawsuits that they will be faced with? Does Ancestry want their users to be included in those lawsuits?"

Again, so much confused thinking on your part that all I can say is balderdash.

7) "From the looks of these message boards, there are many people upset by this new OWT search engine, and the fact that Ancestry fails to clarify ALL of the necessary information for their users, is staggering! Again, SHAME SHAME SHAME."

What you don't understand can be cleared up if you will read the official OWT statement by Ancestry. You'll find that nearly every single statement you made is simply ludicrous.

8) "I have read the posts from users stating that the preview (why they call it that, then charge for it, I still don't understand that one) has mistakes, and "GLITCHES IN THEIR STITCHES" (feel free to use my newly coined phrase! <G>) what is being done to clear this up?"

OWT is in PREVIEW. Thats why they gave 2 free months to all new OWT subscribers and that's what previews are for ... to fix things. Get off Ancestry's back.


Finally, if you have SO MANY PROBLEMS with the way Ancestry does business, why would you use their services to begin with?