I think the items you suggest are a terrible thing to do as they promote FALSE Information. If you don't want to give information do not give it. But certainly DO NOT provide nor produce FALSE information, especially as it propagates readily and soon Becomes truth. You never know where it will end up, even your own grandchildren may find it Truth later on. Steve Kelsey -----Original Message----- From: eng-hereford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-hereford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Daniell Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:14 AM To: eng-hereford@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HEF] Advice please - publication of plagiarized tree What I've learnt is: Never send Anyone a GEDCOM. (tricky to control the data it contains however much faith you may place in your chosen application) If they can't be bothered to copy it out from a narrative format then that's just Great! Never tell them Everything you know about Anyone (unless you really truly don't care). Either: - amend a few dates so mothers died before babies were born or people marry before age eight (you know what I mean) - or else, if you must give them 100% accurate facts, claim many/most of the dates are wrong, say it was a computer malfunction UK/US. Either way they get the correct inter-relationships they are only obliged to check each of them and correct the bad or "bad" dates. By then they've made a considerable investment of effort themselves or realise they might look very silly if they publish it as received. I have had an experience just like the one below, they even moved major European historical events to North America and put big question marks as if they thought it was nonsense (in that location it was!). I'm pleased to be able to say that after six years (no response to my messages) it was all taken down about six months ago. He was of course a US descendant of a certain Ledbury butcher we now prefer not to mention ! other Dave D (by the way, I think its called A** Protection) that's A*** in English English On 27/08/2008, at 1:35 AM, dave wrote: > > There are selfish or grasping people all over and one has to cope with > them. Years ago I sent information to a very distant relative about > one of > my family lines. Several years later I Googled the family name and > came > across a message that the relative had e-mailed to someone else. In > it she > had elevated a ships rigger to an Admiral and had also linked the > family to > a world famous Lancashire family that has great fame in America. I > challenged her on this and got a rude reply. So I told her that I > would > expose her as a fraud via the internet. End of problem. I am happy > to SHARE > my information as long as it is not used for profit or is changed to > boost > one status or ego. > > > Dave D. > > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- > A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message