Nov 26, 2002 Every once in a while a genealogy fraud will appear that all of us have come to recognize for what it is. However, just yesterday, I received e-mail that was so subtly written, that I felt I should post a warning. The e-mail I received spoke of one of my family branches and mentioned a famous ancestor--that is available in any family literature. I responded, asking a few simple questions about his family--so far so good. However, I received a followup e-mail that ignored my questions and blew the credibility of the author by making claims that I know, from experience, are not likely--like in a 3 months period having traced the family back to 1100's Europe, and the clincher was that he was working on a book that would sell for $50, and he made it clear he would not share ANY info until his book was out. Anyway, I have a rule that I will gladly share info with a person, if they will do the same with me. The above guy failed this test. Also I have a rule that I will not put money in a book that is backed up with only vague statements on its contents. All have a great Thanksgiving. Al [email protected]

Thanks for the warning! marg Albert H. Spinks wrote: >Nov 26, 2002 > >Every once in a while a genealogy fraud will appear that all of us have >come to recognize for what it is. However, just yesterday, I received >e-mail that was so subtly written, that I felt I should post a warning. >The e-mail I received spoke of one of my family branches and mentioned a >famous ancestor--that is available in any family literature. I responded, >asking a few simple questions about his family--so far so good. However, >I received a followup e-mail that ignored my questions and blew the >credibility of the author by making claims that I know, from experience, >are not likely--like in a 3 months period having traced the family back to >1100's Europe, and the clincher was that he was working on a book that >would sell for $50, and he made it clear he would not share ANY info until >his book was out. > >Anyway, I have a rule that I will gladly share info with a person, if they >will do the same with me. The above guy failed this test. Also I have a >rule that I will not put money in a book that is backed up with only vague >statements on its contents. > >All have a great Thanksgiving. > >Al >[email protected] > > > > >==== FOX Mailing List ==== >Join and support RootsWeb, home of FOX-L and many other genealogy lists >and resources - go to <<http://www.rootsweb.com/> >Questions? Contact Terry at [email protected] >Happy Huntin'! > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >