Hi All, What Is éthiques? I also had a person by the name of David Bishop, who lives somewhere in Sydney, NSW who got hold of an old copy of my "Bishop Family Tree" sources and all. I had done this tree some ten years ago and gave a copy to about half a dozen members of my family. As anyone who has done a family tree knows how much research, time and money goes into it. Little did this person realise that I always place an error in any tree that I give out and I also log the same. This fellow placed all my research on several sites which I subscribe too without my knowledge or permission giving the impression that it was his research and work. He obviously knows very little about my family as well. He too would have had to spend quite some time entering all my information into a computer and transferring via gedcom. At no time did he acknowledge where he got all the information from but claimed it was all his own work. I also have had people contact me regarding this from overseas as by copying my research he was also copying work they had given me in good faith. What makes me sick is this sicko also placed the name of minors and living people including my immediate family. I really think people who do this sort of thing are either lacking attention or are doing this to attract attention towards themselves. The privacy laws were put in place to protect us from these people. Cheers Annie

Annie As ever, there is another point of view. All the information we gather and consolidate was once the work of someone else. Perhaps an eighteenth century curate who was never really sure how to spell our family's name. Anyway, we record what he wrote and consolidate it with all the rest of the information we gather in a form relevant to our own line. Perhaps our greatest hope is for some future generation to find that information of interest and add to it such that our trials, tribulations and triumphs and that of our predecessors are learnt from and not forgotten. We hope that they will check what we have recorded and correct any errors in the process. Good luck with your research. Regards Chris