Researching: PETRIE, SOCUTA, DOBBINS, HAWKINS, WARREN, BROWER Subject: Ethics Hi everyone. This came as a message from the listowner for the Rockingham, New Hamspshire list. I thought everyone ought to see what may be going on. Mr. Marston has asked that we send this along to the lists we belong to so I am doing so. If this is an improper use of the lists I belong to, I apologize. Please disregard. But as someone who's downloaded much of my hard work to genealogy.com...I am interested to see how this plays out. > > Dick Marston wrote: > > > > Listers: > > > > I have naively included a link to GenForum for those wishing to post > > and respond to Rockingham and Marston surname queries. Furthermore, > > I have innocently posted several responses on those forums. Today, I > > have amended the link on Rockingham's Queries Index Page to read as > > follows: > > > > **If you want still another place to search and post, try the Rockingham > > County message board on [ genforum.genealogy.com/nh/rockingham/ ] > > WARNING!! Any information which you share on GenForum's message > > boards may be copied by Genealogy.com [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and > > sold by them for profit either as data included on a monthly/annual > > subscription or as a CD for purchase. Much of this information is totally > > unreliable. Caveat emptor [Buyer beware]. In order to see what, if any, > > information Genealogy.com has acquired from your voluntary contributions, > > you will first need to subscribe to their service available to > > paying members only.** > > > > I am SO angry I could spit!! Until I started checking up on this fiasco > > about my father's pedigree, I had NO clue that Genealogy.com was > > doing this. I want to declare WAR! I can't get through to their leaders, > > but I sure would like to get through to their potential customers and > > unwitting voluntary contributors. > > > > Please feel free to copy and paste [or send] this warning wherever, > > or to whomever, you think might do the most good. You may post it as > > your own message or as a quote from me, whichever you prefer. Your help > > will be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Denise > > dcmeta@interx.net > > One Planet ~ One People > > > > > > ==== VERMONT Mailing List ==== > List Guidelines: http://userweb.springnet1.com/quest/VERMONT/VermontWelcome.html > > Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary