BEFORE giving any money to an online genealogy site, check these sites to see if 
they are listed as being scams.

Genealogy Hall of Shame 


Cyndis List

The following are scams I am aware of.

Genlocator
This service charges, then takes the surname you enter and then transfers 
you to a free search engine. One of them they use is Alta Vista, a free search engine 
to use to begin with. So for the $36.00 {on line check} or $40.00 
{check through the mail}, they then transfer your search to a free search engine.

FamilyDiscovery.com
This service charges then the links that you are presented with are links to free sites
such as mine.

GenealogyDevelopments.com.
Same story with this one. It links you to free databases and search engines.

Other names the company has surfaced under:
GenTruth.com, GenSeeker.com