Hi Barb! I have also used Photobucket in the past, and still have photos on there I don't recall getting any update emails from them, but they may not have my most current email!
Anyway, they used to offer, and still may, the service to burn all your photos on the Photobucket site to a CD/DVD and then mail it to you. That would at least give you a copy of all your pictures.
And yes, you can upload pictures directly to Xmarks now, with some minor restrictions on picture file size. Here is a random picture from my PC:
Hope that helps, but unfortunately with the number of helpful pictures you have shared, it will be a loss when they go away. And I am 100% behind you in not paying the outrageous fee Photobucket is asking.
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