Let me correct one statement in the following post. The responsibility for this list is mine and mine alone. I'm not connected with the Genealogical Society except that I'm a member. I believe that the discussion is about the fate of the Greene County Genweb site. The site and the email list are separate. When they asked for volunteers to take over the list I replied. I received responsibility for the list along with the big paycheck. :-) I don't have anything to do with the web site. As far as I am concerned you can share any data about Greene County you like on this list, as long as, it has some genealogical or historical relevance, of course. Carey Rogers -----Original Message----- From: J. Douglas Park <jdpark@acd.net> To: ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 4:41 PM Subject: Re: Why Should Gene. Societies Give Info Away? >I understand the Greene Co. Gen. Society has co opted the responsibility for >this list from Michael with the resulting outcome that information, e.g. >cemetery data, is no longer freely available. Separate sources have confirmed >this. > >As I had previously provided updates and corrections to Michael on published >lists, we enjoyed a two way street of corrected and expanded genealogical data. >Neither of us charged the other for the data. More importantly, the wider world >of genealogists, whether professional or hobbyists, had access to better data. > >I am curious who will fill the role vacated by Michael so that my information >can again be funneled to a site which will freely share the data. I am only >interested in sharing data for which there will be no charge. > >Doug Park, Editor >The Parke Society Newsletter > > > >