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From: Erin Bradford <>
Subject: the gendepository website
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:52:16 -0700 (PDT)


Hi Folks!

I was hoping that I would never have to send this email, but that is not to be
the case. I realize there are just as many of you on these lists who have no
interest in the website as there are of those who use it regularly. If you're
not interested, please just delete.

As you know, my site is free and will always remain free to view the
information, however this has its drawbacks for me b/c of having to pay the
cost of hosting the site. I know that there are other alternative webhosts out
there, but of all that I've seen, my current webhost has the best deal that
fits my needs more than any other. I have an extra domain available that I
have tried to get someone who was going to pay a service to host their site and
basically create a partnership where they pay a small portion (and in the end
would be cheaper than what they had planned to do in the first place), but at
this point, no one has been interested. About a year ago or maybe a little
less, I set up an advertising program with google adsense to try and raise the
money to pay for the site. It did well at first, but at this point it's not
making not much of anything anymore and it's only made $67.63, but the web
hosting package I have costs a litle over $100 a year.

So this is where I am at now. With over $1,500 in medical bills I'm currently
paying in addition to school loans AND tuition to finish school, I just can't
afford the site anymore. Now when I started the site, some kind folks had
offered to help pay for it, but I didn't think it would ever be necessary. The
site is billed on a quarterly basis of $29.95 and the next payment will be
coming up very soon and another one at the end of the year. I hate to do it,
but I am asking for help to pay for this site so that I can keep it online,
keep it free, and keep the copyright protected for those who submit the info
(which I couldn't do before due to the commercial nature of my free webhost I
had before).

If anyone is able to help, there are 2 ways. First is through paypal. If you
go to http://www.paypal.com and log in (or create an account and then log in),
click on the tab at the top called "send money" then fill out the form with my
email and choose "service" for the category of purchase.
The second way is to send a check or money order. I prefer paypal because then
I can put the money in the account right before it will be taken out of my
account so that it won't be spent on anything else accidently. If you prefer
to send a check or money order, then contact me off the list and I will be
happy to send you my address. Because the archives of the list are public, I
don't want to put it on the list.

Another way that everyone can help continuously is visit the website
(http://www.gendepository.com or http://www.ncalhn.org) and click on the ads as
often as you can. Everytime you click on and follow an ad (you don't have to
purchase anything), the website earns an average of 12 cents. Every time a
search is done in the google box on the main page, the website earns an average
of 10 cents. The search box is only on the main page, but the ads are on
almost every page.

I really hate to ask for help with this, but my finances are dire straits for
probably the next year or so until I can get my medical bills paid off.

Thanks for all your help and sorry for the inconvenience of anyone who didn't
want to waste time reading this.

Erin


Erin Bradford

List manager
http://www.ncalhn.org
ALHN County Coordinator for multiple NC Counties
http://www.gendepository.com (the Genealogy Depository-Barringer, Black, Bradford, Coventry, Eller, Hackett, Hupp, and Kern)

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