Hi Mom, I believe if you let this shut your site down it will be a loss to all of us. You have many of people using your site now and we and all future participants would loose out if you shut down. Unfortunately we can never stop people copying our information. Personally I would still carry the GenWeb banner without any additional wording which I don't think would serve any useful purpose. I would prefer to see your start date of March 2004 put above your update line. Yes you should have been asked to head the Ontario portion of the project but it sounds like they weren't aware of your web site if they didn't link to it until you let them know. The better your site is the more it will be used and I personally go to the sites I like rather than linking all through the GenWeb web links. I don't know if you have a counter on your site but if so my main concern would be that you can tell how many people are using your site whether they come directly or through the GenWeb link? That was you know how much it's being used. Keep up the good work. Your name is on the GenWeb site which makes it obvious where the information is coming from and GenWeb couldn't make a Canada wide site if it wasn't for hard working volunteers like yourself. Chin up.... We all appreciate your time and efforts. Val On 24 Jan 2005, at 9:56, GEN wrote: > Dear Listers: > > I want your opinion of this important item. > > As most of you already know, this mailing list started a website > entitled" Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries" in late March or early April > of 2004. With the cooperation of many we have started a website that > covers every county and district in Ontario. I would be telling a lie > if I stated we had every Cemetery in Ontario covered........we don't > but that is our goal. > > Janet and I made a point of seeking out other cemetery sites and ask > the owners if we could link their sites to theirs. They were > agreeable. Some sites not only had databases on a cemetery, but also > had photos. > > About two months ago I got wind of a project that I thought was great, > a Canada wide cemetery database providing location, transcripts etc. > > For some unknown reason they have never heard of our site, which I > made the project managers aware of. > > Did I mention this project was launched late October of last year? > > I cannot understand why this project would want to duplicate work that > is already done. > > Am I wrong for being annoyed? > > Should Janet and I just pull the plug on our Ontario Cemeteries > Resources website when we were here first? > > I am not against the project, but I am against the duplication of > something that is already up and running. > > The ladies who are in charge of the Ontario section of Canada GenWeb > cemetery Project have been nice and have placed a link to our site. > > I am more than willing to carry the GenWeb banner on our site, but I > feel we have been overlooked and snubbed, when{ in my opinion} we > should be the official site for Ontario. > > Sheila > > List Mom and co-owner of Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries. > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ====