I think I understand where a genealogist is coming from when they complain of someone else taking credit for their hard work and expensive research. Being a relative latecomer to genealogy, I am amazed at the work some people have done in the world of genealogy. I have gotten most of my information off of the Internet and am thankful that so many people have made that information available to people like me. How do I give credit to everyone who deserves it without bogging down and filling up my computer with credits, not to mention the time it takes to include the credits in their proper form. The person who spends days in a cemetery writing down all of the headstone information, then going home and inputting it into a data base and then some group posting it on the internet should all be recognized for their efforts. I honestly do not know how to do it to everyone's satisfaction. I have not posted my own information on the Internet and sometimes feel guilty because that is my primary source of information. Information on the Internet is growing in leaps and bounds and thousands of people deserve credit. I really believe that I would receive more criticism for faulty credits given than for no credit given at all. Also, I am getting a good deal of information recently from ancestors in their 80's and 90's and that information will not be around much longer. I, like most genealogists, regret that I started too late after my parents and grandparents had passed away with all of their memories and stories. So now we have genealogists who are going to covet their research and not share it. Where do you think that research will be after they are gone? The same place all of those old family pictures and newspaper clippings went to, in the trash and gone forever. I should and will go back and write an introduction to my genealogy and try to give credit to those individuals who shared their information with me. I don't see how I can give credit for each item of information in my genealogy, some items maybe, but not all of them. I really feel that a genealogist has to just bite their lip and share by giving and receiving information and credit others the best they can and not worry about what everybody else is doing. I am subject to changing my mind about this though after hearing your thoughts on the matter. As I read over this, I am thinking that if I list the people who helped me by name, and they are still alive, I will get criticized for that! David Reinhardt 2309 Greenbriar Boulevard Pensacola, Florida 32514 [email protected]