Amen Sue, I usually quit lists because of similar controversies. Sorta takes the fun out of genealogy, yes? Harold Bishop Morgan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Phelan" <sphelan@pacbell.net> To: <FUQUA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: RE: [FUQUA] Re: Ralph and Priscilla Fuqua Charles City, VA 1700's > Frank, > I've been a member of this list for years now, and have always respected > you and enjoyed reading your notes...until now. Genealogy is only a part > time interest for me, as I have a tremendously demanding job, busy family > life, and numerous hobbies. I have probably made use of some of the data > you've shared because I trust you as a source. The only way I use it is in > my family tree on my personal computer. It goes no further. I've pulled > data from many, many sources and I realize that there are inconsistencies, > and sometimes the data is just obviously wrong. When data is wrong, I just > leave it out. I have a wonderful value system, but you must understand, > that this is just a hobby for me and not my life. > > Until I read your note (and some of the others) today, I had no idea what > an ignorant, blood-sucking, family-tree stealing, leech I've been, > genealogically speaking. I've done my own research on most of my tree > within the last two hundred years, but don't really have the skills or time > to figure it out before that. I apologize for any data I've taken from you > and others. I clearly don't deserve it. You probably shouldn't even > publish it with people like me out there. I realize that you're talking > about people who are publishing your work without crediting you, but the > note went out to me, as well, and it's offensive. > > I'm sending you this note personally because I don't think the list server > is the proper place to air grievances like this. Your attitude makes me > feel like leaving the list, but I'm still interested in the Fuqua family, > being a direct descendant myself. In fact, I belong to a branch that is > not well documented on the web and I have many of the missing links, which > I've carefully researched myself and still work on occassionally. So I > think I'll stay. > > You're entitled to your opinion, as I'm entitled to mine. Thank you for > listening. > > Sue (Fuqua) Phelan > My line (with which you will probably find fault): Guillaume Fouquet> > William Humphrey Fouquet> Moses F. Fuqua> William Monroe Fuqua> Moses > Fuqua> William Fuqua> Moses Henry Fuqua> John Turner Fuqua> John Turner > Fuqua Jr.> John Paul Fuqua (my brother) > > -----Original Message----- > From: confuqua@bigfoot.com [SMTP:confuqua@bigfoot.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:53 AM > To: FUQUA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FUQUA] Re: Ralph and Priscilla Fuqua Charles City, VA 1700's > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYX.2ACEB/816.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Jan, > > It is so refreshing to hear another voice in the wilderness! > > I have abandoned the soap box from which I used to preach the need for > RESEARCH and SOURCE QUOTATIONS. It became apparent to me that most people > have no interest in, and do not enjoy, the genealogical processes. They are > content to collect dates and names from other people's work (?) and use > them as if they were automatically true (even if they don't make sense). > > If you want another exercise in amusement/frustration, try contacting all > of the people who have Guillaume Fouquets "ancestors" listed back for > several generations. They not only cannot provide any sources other than > listings they found on the Internet, they cannot justify why they think the > old man's name was Guillaume Fouquet (other than the fact that it was > listed thus in the Fuqua book). > > I have even had someone on this list copy a large portion of my web page, > and present it on their own site as if it were their own. Considering the > hours I spent building the site, my first reaction was one of anger. Upon > further reflection, I realized that the individual involved has a whole > different value system than mine, and making an issue of it would be a > waste of time. > > Maybe I should find my soap box and spend some more time on it. I doubt if > anything would change, but I might feel better. > > Frank > > > ==== FUQUA Mailing List ==== > You are invited to visit the new Fuqua website at: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~fuqua > > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > ==== FUQUA Mailing List ==== > You are invited to visit the new Fuqua website at: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~fuqua > > > ============================== > 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 >