I too have Mormon relatives waiting for me to die so they may baptize me by proxy. I thought of this when someone mentioned sending it all to the Mormons. The Mormons also have a way of putting their own slant on history, sort of a revisionist approach to the way things happened. Their data is extremely convenient to the genealogist but they do have ulterior motives. I am thankful for the Atwood web ring. I am glad to be a part. Please, if Mormons are out there (and they probably are), don't take offense. I think this is a pretty honest statement about the way things are. Stephen R. Atwood ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen E. Humphries <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Something to think about > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Moss <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:57 AM > Subject: [ATWOOD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Something to think about > > > >A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > > > >unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be > >exchanged. ...... they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, and > as > >such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > > > >Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for > >information will go in the event of our passing. > > Hello, > My children could care less about my research. They will probably pay > someone with a dumpster to clean out my house when I am gone. > I had trouble finding a lot of the data. > I don't want future (interested) generations having to get as frustrated > as I have. > That is why I am so willing to share - the more people who have copies of > the fruit of my labor the better. > However, a couple of (well meaning, but skittish) people have tied my > hands by asking that the data I got from them not be published on the Web. > As they were (and still are) extremely helpful to me, I am trying to respect > their wishes. It isn't easy, as I really would like to just plain hand out > anything I have to anyone who is interested. A couple of others have really > crippled my desire to preserve my data by claiming that (THEIR feelings! NOT > MINE! Please don't start a flame war over this!) the "Mormons" baptize > everyone in every GedCom that is sent to them & they don't want that to > happen to them or their relatives. So, if I donate my work to the "Mormons", > these helpful people will cease to share their research with me. One person > feels that people are "stealing" the data that she easily finds in public > records & passes around to a select group that she trusts. > I LIKE the RootsWeb setup - it will allow the living to be included > until they are gone without violating their privacy while they are alive. It > is not a religious organization & won't irritate the ones who distrust > religions other than their own. I can easily trim off the small portion that > the one person doesn't want "stolen". > I think that Brad has the right idea in his approach. When I get some > time, I will put my data up on RootsWeb in a searchable form like his. It is > clear, concise, easy to use & shouldn't irritate most of my helpers. > Please excuse my rambling - a couple of recent messages really got me > thinking about this & I had it all bottled up inside & had to release my > feelings to someone who would care. You people are great! > Allen E. Humphries > Saugus, MA USA > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >