RootsWeb

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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.