I dont know if you would call it a competition per se’ but there is an ongoing public opinion debate going on about the the indexing projects being done by Ancestry.com and the World Archives Project.
Ancestry.com, started in 1996 is a membership site providing online records for a cost varying on the database you wish to access and the World Archives Project is a volunteer driven site free to the public. While some of the records are in common to both sites, not ALL are.
If you are wondering what all the fuss is about, I would encourage you to read the most current posts from this past week. Diane Haddad from Family Tree Magazine writes an excellent comparison, and Dick Eastman from Eastman’s online Genealogy Newsletter seems to have stirred the pot a bit with his post.
Either side of the debate you fall on I am of the opinion that BOTH services have there place in genealogy research and we are living in a fortunate time where we have the choice and the ability to research online using their wonderful services.
IMHO
