It doesn't happen often so take heed! whilst we are doing roll calls and swapping info back and forth in the true spirit of genealogy, and there are, as always new listers, who may not be aware of certain facets of family history, can we just take a minute to think about "netiqette" and "courtesy" I have had cause to explain a bit about this to someone just today, in the context of information in other peoples trees that you receive. I am going to say this in the first person, because these are my own personal feelings on the matter, and lucky for me they coincide with "N&C" If I have given to you any part of my family tree, I expect you to treat the information contained with respect, and me with courtesy, I will have told you that you can reproduce any part of my own information ie personal information about ME, I am an open book and have no problem with it, I have no problem with you sharing the information with others, however, If you are going to reproduce this information into the public domain, ie: the internet ~ your own web site or a web site that you have subscribed to, where the information can be viewed by anyone, please remember that there will be information contained in the tree that OTHER living people in that tree may not wish to be made public AND THEY HAVE NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DISCLOSE IT. in the case of web sites that you subscribe to, you may be making the information "theirs". some web sites only allow people to view trees by your invitation, which isn't so bad, however you donlt know what is going to happen to the in! formation afterwards, and you still dont have permission! In the case of familysearch.org my rellies, alive or dead, will be sealed to the mormon temple, which is why they gather the information from parish registers in the first place and it can be very difficult to get them removed, and a persons religious affilliation is their own personal affair. for my own part I can state, that I have NEVER entered my own or any other persons information onto ANY website, of ANY description, your information has remained with me, and been shared only with my co-researcher, or other actual family members who are also researching when we have swapped current info. Most often I will have directed you to the person who supplied me with the information in the first place if it is not my own, hence "the boxes". People can become very upset, and very angry when they find that information about them is in the public domain without their consent, causing people distress is NOT what family history is about. If you find your information online, along with my own, I can assure you that it wasn't put there by me! Be careful what you do with mine, and other peoples hard work and years of research, if family historians find their work, and moreover their live rellies online it could prevent them from ever sharing information again, to the detriment of the world of genealogy as a whole. Before anyone tells me that I should take out the living details, and replace their names etc with the word "living", yes that can be done, but if "N & C" are followed then this wouldn't be necessary, and common sense should prevail, with the courtesy of asking the person beofre you reproduce THEIR tree! I will continue to share whatever informaion I have with any interested persons, I will continue NOT to reproduce any of it online in the public or private domain. thats it folks, bear it in mind please, and happy hunting, my soapbox session is over, I will now return to being the joker in the pack as well as a certificate holding family historian. thank you for taking time out to read Mellie How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back?

We have to be very werrie some times who we let have our family tree and we let people have it because we get excited about finding extra members of our family so we willing give it , But Mellie is dead right , some people abuse this and I know this for a fact They alter our tree put in what they think, to add more names to the family tree they don't check census or any facts and even add on people who are no relation to make the tree bigger , When doing family tree's always try and check the census ,and back track before that make sure you check the parish records where possible The IGI does help but its not 100% and many people have put things in that are not fact mostly guess work Think twice before you let a stranger have your tree I know several people who have really regretted letting people have there tree AND THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO SORT OUT THE MESS Cassy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mellie" <chouikh2006@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:54 PM Subject: [B.C.] ROLL CALL ~ Mellie Being serious! > It doesn't happen often so take heed! > > whilst we are doing roll calls and swapping info back and forth in the > true spirit of genealogy, and there are, as always new listers, who may > not be aware of certain facets of family history, can we just take a > minute to think about "netiqette" and "courtesy" > > I have had cause to explain a bit about this to someone just today, in the > context of information in other peoples trees that you receive. > > I am going to say this in the first person, because these are my own > personal feelings on the matter, and lucky for me they coincide with "N&C" > > If I have given to you any part of my family tree, I expect you to treat > the information contained with respect, and me with courtesy, I will have > told you that you can reproduce any part of my own information ie personal > information about ME, I am an open book and have no problem with it, I > have no problem with you sharing the information with others, however, If > you are going to reproduce this information into the public domain, ie: > the internet ~ your own web site or a web site that you have subscribed > to, where the information can be viewed by anyone, please remember that > there will be information contained in the tree that OTHER living people > in that tree may not wish to be made public AND THEY HAVE NOT GIVE YOU > PERMISSION TO DISCLOSE IT. in the case of web sites that you subscribe to, > you may be making the information "theirs". some web sites only allow > people to view trees by your invitation, which isn't so bad, however you > donlt know what is going to happen to the in! > formation afterwards, and you still dont have permission! > In the case of familysearch.org my rellies, alive or dead, will be sealed > to the mormon temple, which is why they gather the information from parish > registers in the first place and it can be very difficult to get them > removed, and a persons religious affilliation is their own personal > affair. > > for my own part I can state, that I have NEVER entered my own or any other > persons information onto ANY website, of ANY description, your information > has remained with me, and been shared only with my co-researcher, or other > actual family members who are also researching when we have swapped > current info. Most often I will have directed you to the person who > supplied me with the information in the first place if it is not my own, > hence "the boxes". > > People can become very upset, and very angry when they find that > information about them is in the public domain without their consent, > causing people distress is NOT what family history is about. > > If you find your information online, along with my own, I can assure you > that it wasn't put there by me! > > Be careful what you do with mine, and other peoples hard work and years of > research, if family historians find their work, and moreover their live > rellies online it could prevent them from ever sharing information again, > to the detriment of the world of genealogy as a whole. > > Before anyone tells me that I should take out the living details, and > replace their names etc with the word "living", yes that can be done, but > if "N & C" are followed then this wouldn't be necessary, and common sense > should prevail, with the courtesy of asking the person beofre you > reproduce THEIR tree! > > I will continue to share whatever informaion I have with any interested > persons, I will continue NOT to reproduce any of it online in the public > or private domain. > > thats it folks, bear it in mind please, and happy hunting, my soapbox > session is over, I will now return to being the joker in the pack as well > as a certificate holding family historian. > > thank you for taking time out to read > Mellie > How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back? > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > Wherever possible (except for personal messages) > please post replies to the list.Other people can learn from them! > > >