I read the "ethics" article you suggested and I could have written it...I was searching a living sister-in-law for some business info and found her listed on a genealogy site...when I went to the site I found my whole living family, siblings, nieces, nephews and even cousin information..I contacted the owner of the site and he said he could not remember where he got the info and would try to figure out how to remove or hide my information (note that he did not have such detailed information for other families) I contacted him again asking for removal and he did not answer. I belong to ancestry.com and was doing a relative search and guess what!!! there was my family information again submitted by this same man- Ancestry says they will not print any information on living people- based on an age of 90 years- well this man has my family all listed by name but no dates- so of course ancestry assumes we are dead and has the information all there... I wrote to this man again and no response...I have since found the cousin who shared our family information with someone else who gave it to this man. She is very sorry but that does not help me much.. I am very concerned for my family security because one of the big security questions asked is "mother's maiden name" and everyone can check that out for my whole family Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove this information? I have offered to remove it myself if he just gives me editor status....he has not responded to my last several emails.... My suggestion to everyone in this day of identity theft is to exclude any & all information on living relatives. chris hunt > [Original Message] > From: Pam Tessier <pamtessier@sympatico.ca> > To: Simcoe List <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/1/2007 8:32:58 AM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] News items > > Listers, > > If you subscribe to various newsletters, as I and many others do, you > get a perspective on genealogy and all its facets that you cannot find > elsewhere. I subscribe to Canadian and American newsletters just to keep > up with new happenings and to find out what in the world is going on. > This mornings email brought two excellent articles I hope you will find > interesting and informative. > > Today's issue of Eastmans' Geneaolgy Newsletter has an excellent article > on copyright and ethics - Ethics in Publishing Family Histories. Take a > look at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/ > > The National Genealogy Society of the United States is undergoing an > organizational upheaval at this time. This article, in my opinion, can > apply to both Canadian and American societies, organizations and even > small facilities such as ours. Good words to heed! > > Pam > > p.s. if you haven't joined a society yet, you may want to consider it - > Simcoe Branch of the OGS welcomes new members and a nicer and more > helpful group of people you will not find anywhere. > > UpFront with NGS > The Online Newsletter of the National Genealogical Society > Volume 7, Number 8-1 August 2007 > > What Kind of Society Member are You? by Chuck Mason, CG > > If you are on any major e-mail list, I am sure you have read about the > New York Genealogical and Biographical Society's recent proposal to > eliminate their members' right to vote on society elections and other > issues. The board of directors would make all decisions, including who > would serve on the board in the future. [Editor's note: This proposal > became a reality at the NYG&B July 19 meeting.] As you can imagine, this > has stirred up a lot of controversy. It also prompts me to ask the > question, "What kind of society member are you?" > > Many of us join societies where we live and also ones in an area where > our ancestor's live. We join a local society because they usually offer > educational opportunities in the form of programs, educational classes, > and seminars. They also may have a research facility that we use for our > research. > > We join a society where our ancestor's lived because they have something > that we want to use for our research. It may be their newsletter or > journal, their library; research services for members, or another > service that will be helpful to our long distance research needs, like > online databases. We may have an opportunity to visit their library, but > more likely, we are looking for what services we can use from our own > homes. > > Regardless of whether you are a member of a local society or one in > another area, almost all societies depend on volunteers to do most of > the work. Some societies do have some paid staff members, like NGS does, > but it is normally the volunteers that perform the majority of the work. > > As a ten-year plus volunteer at NGS, I know that it would be impossible > for the staff to do all the work the volunteers do. If we were to pay > the staff to do all the work the volunteers do, we would need a lot more > staff, and dues would probably be several hundred dollars a year. On the > other hand, the staff we have has been a great group of people to work > with and very supportive of the volunteers. > > The work done by volunteers varies greatly from one society to another. > However, there are some common things each society needs, and here is > where you can do your part. Support the society by volunteering some of > your time. We cannot all volunteer as much time as the most active > volunteers, but there is usually something that each of us can do to > help support the societies we join. > > I know that I am more of an exception, and I probably volunteer more > time than the average person. Because of the many volunteer jobs I have > held recently, I have a few suggestions for you to be a better society > member. Many societies do surveys or ask their members for suggestions > for programs, activities, classes, etc. Fill out the survey or express > your suggestions. If you do not let your wishes be known, you do not > have a right to complain about the activities of the society. > > You may not be able to serve as an officer or committee chair, but often > there are small jobs that you can do to support your society leaders. > Does your society meet in a place that needs the chairs and other > equipment set up or taken down for meeting? Is your society working on a > project that you could assist with on your own time at home, like an > indexing project? Does the newsletter editor need assistance with > getting the newsletter mailed out? My list of suggestions could go on > for many pages. Certainly there is some job that you could assist with > that would help lighten the load for the leaders. > > One of my pet gripes as a society volunteer has to do with the selection > of society leaders. Over the last six or seven years, I have served on > the nominating committee of several genealogical organizations, both > locally and nationally. Every organization has announced the nominating > committee and asked the members to recommend people to stand for > election. Almost no one came forward with suggestions. And once the > slate has been selected, VOTE! > > If we do not take an active interest in the societies we join, we may > see those organizations make decisions that we are not pleased with. If > we do not take an active interest in the societies we join, they may not > be there to meet our needs someday. If we do not take an active interest > in the societies we join, we have lost our right to complain when we are > unhappy with the way the organization is being run. What kind of society > member will you be in the future? > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message