RootsWeb, acquired by Ancestry in June 2000, is a free genealogy community that uses online forums, mailing lists, and other resources to help people research their family history.
The WorldConnect Project allows users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers.
Trees uploaded to WorldConnect are searchable at both the RootsWeb and Ancestry websites.
The Message Boards section of Rootsweb connects to Ancestry’s Message Board, which contains the world’s largest online genealogy community with over 25 Million posts on more than 198,000 boards.