Dear family historians -- I found this interesting and thought others might be interested as well, so I'm passing it on. Duane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Duane F. Alwin Professor, Department of Sociology Senior Research Scientist & Program Director Survey Research Center Office: 4067 Institute for Social Research Phone: 734-764-6597 Fax: 734-647-4575 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:21:59 -0000 From: pgodo@yahoo.com Reply-To: catholicpa@egroups.com To: catholicpa@egroups.com Subject: [catholicpa] NGS Rules to live by for Internet Genealogists. HI All, I wish someone had told ME this a few years ago! It would've saved me so much grief! Thought you'd all appreciate seeing some good ideas since we're all obviously "internet genealogists" further reading and a great site at the following URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cregan/privacy.htm NEW Genealogical Standards Last month, the National Genealogical Society established the following set of "Standards For Sharing Information With Others". Kudos to NGS! Furthermore, the NGS recommends an excellent set of "Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet" (see their site). Conscious of the fact that sharing information or data with others, whether through speech, documents or electronic media, is essential to family history research and that it needs continuing support and encouragement, responsible family historians consistently� respect the restrictions on sharing information that arise from the rights of another as an author, originator or compiler; as a living private person; or as a party to a mutual agreement. observe meticulously the legal rights of copyright owners, copying or distributing any part of their works only with their permission, or to the limited extent specifically allowed under the law's "fair use" exceptions. identify the sources for all ideas, information and data from others, and the form in which they were received, recognizing that the unattributed use of another's intellectual work is plagiarism. respect the authorship rights of senders of letters, electronic mail and data files, forwarding or disseminating them further only with the sender's permission. inform people who provide information about their families as to the ways it may be used, observing any conditions they impose and respecting any reservations they may express regarding the use of particular items. require some evidence of consent before assuming that living people are agreeable to further sharing of information about themselves. convey personal identifying information about living people--like age, home address, occupation or activities--only in ways that those concerned have expressly agreed to. recognize that legal rights of privacy may limit the extent to which information from publicly available sources may be further used, disseminated or published. communicate no information to others that is known to be false, or without making reasonable efforts to determine its truth, particularly information that may be derogatory. are sensitive to the hurt that revelations of criminal, immoral, bizarre or irresponsible behavior may bring to family members. �2000 by National Genealogical Society. Permission is granted to copy or publish this material provided it is reproduced in its entirety, including this notice. -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/1/_/14757/_/973902127/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_->