Dot, I'm very proud to say that the message you quoted originally came from the NCGW. Our ever-vigilant folks are always willing to tackle problems concerning those that would use our work for their gain--and charge us for it. Spread the word. Warm wishes to you and my Burlington friends, Derick S. Hartshorn Asst. SC, NCGW Page owner - Catawba Co. NCGenWeb - Burke Co. NCGenWeb - Hartshorn Family page List owner - Catawba-West-L - NCBURKE-L - NCLINCOL-L - NCTRYON-L - HARTSHORN-L - WHITE-PA-NC-L >At 05:44 PM 9/4/00, you wrote: >To: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >I received the following from another genealogy list that I am on, >and thought it worth forwarding. >Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > Subj: Genealogy scam > Date: 09/03/2000 6:30:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Phyllis Fleming) > > I received this message after it was forwarded to the INGENWEB state > coordinator: > > About 2 weeeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives submitter > that her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: > > www.familydiscovery.com > > The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that they were > linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped inside a > frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to investigate > this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received a > user id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web site > gave bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes to a > recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of the e-mail > adds on their web site bounce. > > Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it appears that > several > folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > > The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to come from > USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come from > non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at either > rootsweb or usgennet. > > If anyone out there is or has been a member of familydiscovery -- or > has been ripped off by them, I ["Joy Fisher" [email protected]>] would > like to > hear from you. > > Permission is granted to forward this message. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > [email protected] > > >==== PALMER Mailing List ====