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Scott_J
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When I started FamilyTreeCircles nearly a decade ago, I never imagined it would grow to nearly 100,000 members. It's humbling to be able to provide a resource that has brought so many people together in the common interest.
FamilyTreeCircles has always been a labor of love for me, but with the growing membership, usage, continuing to add new features, and fighting spammers, costs grow as well.
What you may not know about me is that as an entrepreneur, I actually run another web startup. This takes 60-80 hours of my time every week, and I have little left for much else. If you're interested, that's a web publishing platform called <a href="http://www.shareist.com">Shareist</a>. I think it is a great resource for genealogists.
I would never have been able to even get this far without the patience and support of the people who use FamilyTreeCircles every day, and particularly those who volunteer to help moderate the activity. It's truly a wonderful community. I'd like to not only keep things running, but do even more.
For example, one thing that I've tried to start up several times, but have not been able to do so because of the costs is a periodic newsletter with great genealogy stories and content, as well as featuring fun stuff from FamilyTreeCircles members. But the cost of doing so has been prohibitive. I'd love to be able to do this as well as continue to add more features.
From the start, I promised that FamilyTreeCircles would be a free resource and I have no intentions of going back on that. Over the years, I have received generous offers from people that they would be more than willing to pay for this resource.
In response to that, I've finally added a way to do that, for those with the means to do so, while keeping the service free for the rest.
If you enjoy FamilyTreeCircles and want to see it continue on as a strong and independent genealogy resource, I hope you'll consider contributing even a small amount to its upkeep and further development. If you cannot, no hard feelings here.
Go here: <a href="http://www.familytreecircles.com/support_ftc/">FamilyTreeCircles Patronage</a>
Thank you very much!
Scott
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Scott Jangro is the owner of FamilyTreeCircles.com and has documented roots back to Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and William Brewster. If you're wondering what he's doing when he's mysteriously absent, here's some links to other stuff he's responsible for: about.me/jangro.
Comments
vadamm on 2012-08-30 13:22:26I cant find pictures on my journal
RuthMary on 2012-10-22 10:23:32I would prefer to donate through mail. Is this possible?
calvertgrandnephew on 2013-01-27 14:28:34I'm trying to find out what my conection is to Lord( Baltimore ) CalvertI've posted all the information that I had. I'm wondering if my query got posted ? Ifcott if you know of anyone who's it did is there anyone who has the information that I'm looking for ? Scott I have some information about John Cameron of Fassiefern wo served in the Gordon Highlanders he was killed 3 days before the Battle of Waterloo . I would like to send you a copy for anyone that might be looking for this information of which I found in a toy model magazine of all places .Which proves the adage You'll never know where you'll find the information you're looking for .
Calvertgrandnephew
calvertgrandnephew on 2013-01-27 14:51:14What do you do when you're looking for information on a ancestor , and the only person that had the information is dead ? What do you do then ? Additional to previous post . Scott if yhou are interested in revieving the information I have on John Cameron of Fassiefern there's to much information to post here so if this will work out for you itg migvht be easier for me to make a copy and mail it to yhou . If you don't mind emailing me your mailing address . Let me know one way , or another .
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