RootsWeb Agreement for
Personal Web Space Accounts on RootsWeb

Please remember that your use of RootsWeb's resources implicitly signifies agreement with RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy. Please read our usage policy at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html.

Anyone who made a donation to RootsWeb at the SponsorPlus ($50 or $75), Donor ($100) or DonorPlus ($250) level in the last year is eligible for personal web space. RootsWeb is no longer accepting donations, but is honoring those donations already received. PLEASE do not fill out this form until you received confirmation that your donation was received by RootsWeb.

There are only a few rules that apply to personal web space at RootsWeb:

1. Upload no copyrighted material, except with permission.
2. Upload no commercial material. The "no commercial material" rule is flexible, especially in the case of genealogical materials. Please contact RootsWeb for details.
3. Focus of the material should be primarily genealogical or historical. (No one will gripe if you slip a picture of your beloved cat Fluffy into an otherwise genealogical site, just don't get carried away.) In addition, do not use RootsWeb space for a redirect page.
4. Affiliate links (those commercial links that pay you for the folks that click on them) may not be included on your site. You may only link to official MyFamily/Ancestry affiliates only with written permission from the TGN affiliate program.
5. Please don't use your RootsWeb space as a "dump" for material that won't fit on your main site elsewhere. Such practices can create a serious support problem for RootsWeb -- it is difficult to know if the site is still active , people accessing the site with an incomplete URL don't know where to start, etc. If you must split your site between RootsWeb and another server elsewhere, please maintain a main page on RootsWeb, preferably an index.htm or index.html, that provides access to the material hosted in the RootsWeb account, and links to your main page elsewhere. In addition, do n ot use RootsWeb space for a redirect page.
6. An acknowledgement that RootsWeb is hosting your site would be appreciated.
7. Please notify RootsWeb at accounts@rootsweb.com of any changes in your email address.

If you want more info on operating a Website at RootsWeb, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/wizards/ or the FAQ section of the HelpDesk.

IMPORTANT: After you have your site up and operational, please send the URL of your homepage to websites@rootsweb.com. The Websites Webmaster will add you to the "Websites at RootsWeb Directory" which should help increase the amount of traffic your page receives.

RootsWeb's Pledge to Its Users - RootsWeb will neither sell nor charge for access to your genealogical information (for example, your posts to RootsWeb mailing lists or GenConnect boards, your Web pages hosted at RootsWeb, and any datasets you have donated to the USGenWeb Archives) without your permission. RootsWeb will not under any circumstances sell or give away a list of our users' postal addresses or e-mail addresses.

If you agree to the terms and conditions as listed here, click I Agree Below.

RootsWeb reserves the right to close any account that is not in compliance with this agreement or that is in violation of state and federal laws governing internet usage.