I was out of town for some of this. I think publishing and posting is a great way to assure that our findings are perpetuated. There is a strange opposition to Broderbund that I used to follow on several lists. Personally, I think it is good to get good data out there in every possible, permanent format. The copywright only appllies to the format and alterations Broderbund makes, like inserting estimated dates of birth. However, my own data has changed a lot. I keypunched data that I later found to be invalid. I got a lot of that data from websites and FTM disks. Now, I am very hesitant to put anything on any site until my confidence in my sources is very high. Some of the FTM Chase trees combine Chase lines in very strange combinations. But so do some of the trees I have found at other sites. I know the work of genealogical research is never done. But, I worry that we might rush to publish what we cannot take back if we find it is in error. Those are my worries. I really haven't come up with anything I would call answers. How do we decide our data is ready to publish? (I don't refer to the Chase site. I know Keith will make corrections there as we learn new facts. But most sites continue to publish data in error forever.) Dave White List Owner for Chase-L Mailing List E-mail: boda@ix.netcom.com CHASE-L Website at:- http://www.surnameweb.org/centers/c/chase/index.html To subscribe or unsubscribe from the Chase-L list, send a NEW e-mail message to: CHASE-L-request@rootsweb.com or CHASE-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) with only one word in the body:    subscribe                                          or:     unsubscribe ---------- > From: k.hume <khume@netcomuk.co.uk> > To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CHASE-L] Re: Family Tree > Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 3:28 PM > > ALL, Following responses to my message re World Family Tree and Gendex it > would appear that most do not want their information sent to Broderbund. > > I agree with that. > However I do believe that our group would gain more exposure by sending > submitting our Gedcom to GENDEX. > I would have to look into this as I believe we would keep the actual files > on our own site,(in Gendex compatible format) and the index is kept on > Gendex file. > If there are objections I will not continue further as I am not all that > bothered either way. > Following is a typical response to queries raised on the subject. > > :- > > Hi,Rose, > Have no fears. In the message that popped up onto my screen it said that > any info provided to them could still be used freely by the person(s) providing > such info. > I find the idea that they can copyright information given to them a > complete nonsense. If I found info on one of their CDs and found the > originator who then gave me permission What then? Their claim to copyright > of Public Records would be laughed at here in the UK. Our own PRO encourage > people to write books based on the records they hold. You do not require > permission if not for commercial gain. If it is for commercial gain they > will normally give permission and often give a discount on mass copying of > the info needed. > When I get the chance I am searching thru the records of the evacuation of > New York in 1783 ,( Yes my CHASE and HUME ancestors were sLoyalist)and I get > copies of the documents that interest me). > I am responsible for the CHASE site and I am willing to make this clear on > the WWW pages if need be.On that basis anything I put there is at my sole > responsibility although I do not claim factual accuracy as you will see from > the introduction to the Database. > I believe that as a direct descendant of William CHASE no authority on > earth can stop my right to the records of their Births,Deaths and marriages. > I do not know how things work in USA but ANYONE can get a copy of ANYONE > else's birth,death or marriage certificate in the UK. Its use of the > information is the restriction and simply publishing the bare info is not > subject to such restriction > > Keith > At 11:16 21/08/98 -0400, you wrote: > >Keith > >I guess I don't understand this whole thing about World Family Tree. Are you > >using a FTM format for the web site? I thought through my reading of their > >agreement before sending my family tree to WFT a couple of years back, that > >the only thing I couldn't do is copy or exchange anyone else's information > >they had sent to FTM. I for one intend to call them next week and ask about > >this. If this is true, that I can not give my information I had sent to them > >to anyone else, that is now on their CD, I am not letting them use any more > >information I collect now or in the future. I beleive the information I > >collected on MY FAMILY is mine and doesn't belong to them. I have no problem > >with other people using my information I send to them, as long as they give > >me some credit for my long hrs and money spent on it. I have used other > >distant cousins information, but informed them that I would give them credit > >for it on anything I use. > >What ever you beleive is the best for the group and all the work you put > >into this CHASE web is ok with me. > >Just my two cents. > >Rose from MI > > > > > > >