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== Mailing Lists == | == Mailing Lists == | ||
On 2020 March 02, the RootsWeb mailing list service | On 2020 March 02, the RootsWeb mailing list service was discontinued. Some groups moved to Groups.io. | ||
== Freepages == | == Freepages == | ||
Revision as of 00:55, 8 February 2021
| RootsWeb | |
| URL | https://rootsweb.com/ |
| Status | Endangered |
| Archiving status | In progress... |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
RootsWeb is a genealogical site and community that has been around since the 80s, some of their mailing lists have messages going back to at least 1980.
In 2000 Ancestry.com LLC (then MyFamily.com, Inc.) acquired RootsWeb.
Mailing Lists
On 2020 March 02, the RootsWeb mailing list service was discontinued. Some groups moved to Groups.io.
Freepages
On 1999 October 07, RootsWeb started providing "unlimited" Freepages storage to users, before that they hosted guest pages by request.
Other
RootsWeb previously hosted an IRC server at irc.rootsweb.com.