Geneanet purchased by Ancestry -

[Bristol20]

True?  My heart sank when I saw something about this happening.  Ancestry gutted the Rootsweb site so thoroughly that it's essentially useless today - and undoubtedly other websites that I hadn't used yet.  It's crushing to think about all that work posted on Rootsweb that's just gone. 

[kanskar]

https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/ancestry-signs-agreement-acquire-french-genealogy-leader-geneanet

[youngtug]

Also from Geneanet;  https://en.geneanet.org/genealogyblog/post/2021/08/geneanet-joins-ancestry-the-world-largest-genealogy-company

[Guy Etchells]

True?  My heart sank when I saw something about this happening.  Ancestry gutted the Rootsweb site so thoroughly that it's essentially useless today - and undoubtedly other websites that I hadn't used yet.  It's crushing to think about all that work posted on Rootsweb that's just gone. 

That comment is a bit unfair on Ancestry. Rootsweb servers suffered a failure in I think 2015, there was no adequate back-up and a lot of data was lost. Ancestry managed to get many of the websites working though some were lost and some have problems such as lost thumbnail images but the main image is in place and accessible by using the blank thumbnail.
I the mailing lists I think were subject to a business decision based on the emerging forums taking their place.
Cheers
Guy

[Romilly]

Thanks Guy,

For the update.

Romilly.