I did not write the articles and will share anything I have willingly with anyone who asks. So, let me be clear and say what I didn't say before. Ancestry is not my favorite site for reasons posted here previously and I didn't seeing that what I posted here ended up there. And yes, I know it came from here. This is my last message regarding this and apologize to the board for my outburst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Velma Beale" <velma.beale@axom.com> To: <AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [AUTRY] Re: AUTRY-D Digest V02 #6 > The Taylors: > Did you write the articles or get them from a public source? If they were > available from a public source, how do you know these people didn't get them > there? You know, most of us who are unable to travel to all the original > sources get a lot of our information on the internet and from e-mail > contacts. By compiling it in our own family gedcom, we help to show the > connections. So long as people try to give sources, I see nothing wrong with > sharing what we have ferreted out from many sources. It helps others get a > start. Everyone who is researching genealogy should learn early on to look > for sources cited and take everything with a grain of salt until they have > checked original sources. > > I am always happy to share what I have with anyone, with the caveat that it > may be wrong, so check it out. Why are you so upset that someone is helping > you share information? Do you hope to sell it some day? I thought most > genealogists in this country were trying hard to keep this information > freely accessible to all. Also, you should know by now that anything you > post on a website or a mailing list is going to be grabbed by all interested > parties and maybe even sold by the unscrupulous. > > I have been getting the same sort of complaints from someone on another list > I subscribe to and the list manager finally told them it was more > appropriate to a geneology chat room than a family research list. I am sorry > you feel offended. I guess I just don't understand why you care, unless you > did write the articles and were not asked for permission or given credit. In > that case, you are right to be offended. > > I am having second thoughts about publishing my gedcom on the internet, if > my sources are going to be offended, even with credit. > > By the way, no one ever told me that my name was published in a book, nor > asked my permission. I found out when I purchased the Bundy/Brooks book. I > was not offended. In fact, it was especially nice to see my parents and > grandparents in there. > > Velma Shaw Beale > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Taylor's" <ctaylor@accesscom.net> > To: <AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: [AUTRY] Re: AUTRY-D Digest V02 #6 > > > > Hi folks, you may remember that I posted a couple of articles here on this > > message board for all of us to enjoy regarding Simon Autry (KY) and Giles > > Autry (KY). Well, guess where I discovered them tonight....on > Ancestry.com. > > > > Really ticks me off. > > The gedcom belongs to: > > Contact: Larry & Elaine Blackman <leblackm@bellsouth.net> > > > > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== > > Have you visited the Autr* genealogy page? It's full of information for > all versions of the Autr* surname! Take a look at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the Autry and Autrey surname message boards. They're at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/records/ at the bottom of the page. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >