My feelings exactly. I think it's great to find someone even if they are very far removed. It's still exciting... I just can't quite accept all the intermarriages in the various families, but they apparently all did it. J.C. Bell (badnews@bellsouth.net) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Judes" <mrsjudes@yahoo.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 09:44 PM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Re: [PAYORK] To Share or Not > Well I don't normally reply to emails of this sort but this one really hit it on the nose > for me. I agree TOTALLY with Sharon.... I am not in this for profit, and yes I would be > upset if someone SOLD my information as I have worked very hard to compile it, but it IS > public information. I admit that when I first started doing this in 1986 I was not very > knowledgeable about what to do and at that time I did not reference my sources as well as > I wish I had. I do document all my information now as to where I got the information > from. If it came from some one via email, I put their name and email address as the > source and hopefully that person has also provided source information which I document. > If info came from a web site, I literally copy the URL address as the source information. > Not only are we not fool proof and we come up with differing information, but those who > originally compiled the information (i.e., birth records, death records, obituaries, > census - these documents many times have incorrect information, misspellings, etc.) I > also not only document my direct lines, but the sibling lines too as this information has > led me to many other connections. When a relative - regardless how far removed they are > - requests information I gladly provide it, but request and expect that person to > reciprocate. If their info does not match what I have I still document it, as theirs > could be the correct information or a combination there of. I do post my database to > pages like ancestry.com, gencircles.com and I'm sure my information has shown up on many > other sites. If it does I am happy that it is there because that posting may just lead > to that one person who may contact me with a missing link. One thing though that I am > very careful about though is that when I do post, I am very careful to privitize my > information for those personnel who are still living to protect their privacy. I know I > am rambling, but I just had to post my two cents worth. I am copying this to some of the > other sites that I subscribe to because I do believe it is very interesting in what > everyones opinion is regarding the sharing of information. I apologize to those of you > who also subscribe to the same list and will get multiple copies of this. MJ > --- brickner@fiax.net wrote: > > If when we share is it not so that others may use the information, after all we to not > > own the information it is public domain. I guess everyone is not in this for the same > > reason I am. Family is important to me and if I find someone 10 generations removed I > > still get excited. > > > > As for needed corrections, contact the person at their home page address. Even if > > something is wrong it gives us a clue to check out. I check every name some one posts > > on this and other sites to see if they could possibly be in my tree and give that > > information to them asking them to let me know. If they do not so what, they could be > > like me and be disorganize and have stacks of responses to get done. > > Sharon brickner@fiaxnet > > > > > > ==== PAYORK Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe or unsubscribe send your message to: PAYORK-L-request@rootsweb.com or > > PAYORK-D-request@rootsweb.com (L for mail mode and D for digest) > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ===== > Marie Judes > mrsjudes@yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > The Maryland Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsgs >