Ed, I currently have the following on the bottom of most of my pages. Would you replace it with the Vivian's? Or could the two be blended? I'm sure others have similar messages on their sites. All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins. Any commercial use, or, other electronic posting of any files/pages without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. All images used on these pages were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission Whatever we do, IMHO we should be consistent - at least through GAGen. We can't speak for the rest of the project. If we start, others would see and do something similar. kemis mailto:gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com]OnBehalf Of MThompson Thanks Ed -Marc -- "Ed Gordon" <edeye1@hotmail.com> wrote: Hey Yall, You may want to read the email below that came across the State Coord list. Vivian came up with a disclaimer that we all may want to add to our pages. "If you have arrived at this site via a paid subscription database, please know that the data contained here has been donated by hardworking volunteers. This material and much more is available free of charge through the USGenWeb Project and its state and county Web sites." Thanks Vivian!! She and I have been discussing this problem and we are not sure that the above disclaimer would show up on any pages they already have?? There is no need to panic. The NC is working on resolving this matter asap. So we need to think carefully about our options. Ed Scott Burow Dear Project members: It has been reported as follows: "Ancestry has a new "Internet Biographical Collection" in its Deluxe Collection that includes USGenWeb sites, as well as just about everything else as far as I can see at first glance. When you click on the original pages, you sometimes get the USGenWeb copyright notice . . ." Source Information: "Ancestry.com. Internet Biographical Collection [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Biographical info taken from various English web sites. See specific website address provided with each entry. About Internet Biographical Collection This database contains a sampling of biographical sketches found on English language web pages throughout the entire World Wide Web. Web pages can vary greatly in the amount of information they contain about a given person, and in the number of related and unrelated people mentioned on the same page. The information source and the central topic of each page will also vary greatly. For more information about this database, click here. [link provided in original] This database contains a sampling of biographical sketches found on English language web pages throughout the entire World Wide Web. Web pages can vary greatly in the amount of information they contain about a given person, and in the number of related and unrelated people mentioned on the same page. The information source and the central topic of each page will also vary greatly. Given facts should be verified using other sources. One unique and valuable feature of this web-based collection is the number of hyperlinks leading from each page in the collection to other web pages of possible interest on related topics." --------------------------------- Please be assured that the USGenWeb AB is investigating the situation and is attempting to contact Rootsweb to gain further facts about the situation. Meaningful progress will be reported to the USGenWeb membership. Meanwhile, please try to refrain from starting or contributing to the spread of rumors, etc. and watch for additional status information as it is available.

I think it could be added at the end of what you have. As far as I know at this moment Ancestry.com has take all the pages down or they said they have. They may put them back up in the future I don't know. But as long as folks can see that we provide free records is the main thing. Ed -----Original Message----- From: gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kemis Massey Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:14 PM To: gagen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GAGEN] FW: [STATE-COORD] ANNOUNCEMENT - Ancestry.com Issue Ed, I currently have the following on the bottom of most of my pages. Would you replace it with the Vivian's? Or could the two be blended? I'm sure others have similar messages on their sites. All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins. Any commercial use, or, other electronic posting of any files/pages without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. All images used on these pages were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission Whatever we do, IMHO we should be consistent - at least through GAGen. We can't speak for the rest of the project. If we start, others would see and do something similar. kemis mailto:gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com]OnBehalf Of MThompson Thanks Ed -Marc -- "Ed Gordon" <edeye1@hotmail.com> wrote: Hey Yall, You may want to read the email below that came across the State Coord list. Vivian came up with a disclaimer that we all may want to add to our pages. "If you have arrived at this site via a paid subscription database, please know that the data contained here has been donated by hardworking volunteers. This material and much more is available free of charge through the USGenWeb Project and its state and county Web sites." Thanks Vivian!! She and I have been discussing this problem and we are not sure that the above disclaimer would show up on any pages they already have?? There is no need to panic. The NC is working on resolving this matter asap. So we need to think carefully about our options. Ed Scott Burow Dear Project members: It has been reported as follows: "Ancestry has a new "Internet Biographical Collection" in its Deluxe Collection that includes USGenWeb sites, as well as just about everything else as far as I can see at first glance. When you click on the original pages, you sometimes get the USGenWeb copyright notice . . " Source Information: "Ancestry.com. Internet Biographical Collection [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Biographical info taken from various English web sites. See specific website address provided with each entry. About Internet Biographical Collection This database contains a sampling of biographical sketches found on English language web pages throughout the entire World Wide Web. Web pages can vary greatly in the amount of information they contain about a given person, and in the number of related and unrelated people mentioned on the same page. The information source and the central topic of each page will also vary greatly. For more information about this database, click here. [link provided in original] This database contains a sampling of biographical sketches found on English language web pages throughout the entire World Wide Web. Web pages can vary greatly in the amount of information they contain about a given person, and in the number of related and unrelated people mentioned on the same page. The information source and the central topic of each page will also vary greatly. Given facts should be verified using other sources. One unique and valuable feature of this web-based collection is the number of hyperlinks leading from each page in the collection to other web pages of possible interest on related topics." --------------------------------- Please be assured that the USGenWeb AB is investigating the situation and is attempting to contact Rootsweb to gain further facts about the situation. Meaningful progress will be reported to the USGenWeb membership. Meanwhile, please try to refrain from starting or contributing to the spread of rumors, etc. and watch for additional status information as it is available. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I wonder if it wouldn't be better at the top of each page. If someone is looking for particular information on a site they might not get to the bottom of the page but they would see it at the top. Just create an incHeader.htm like the incFooter.htm and include it right after <BODY>. The page will load at the top and they can't miss it. Kemis Massey wrote: > Ed, > > I currently have the following on the bottom of most of my pages. Would you > replace it with the Vivian's? Or could the two be blended? I'm sure others > have similar messages on their sites. > > All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of > those engaged researching their family origins. Any commercial use, or, > other electronic posting of any files/pages without the consent of the > host/author of these pages is prohibited. All images used on these pages > were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the > author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons > contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of > their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to > assure that no copyright is violated by their submission > > Whatever we do, IMHO we should be consistent - at least through GAGen. We > can't speak for the rest of the project. If we start, others would see and > do something similar. > > kemis > > mailto:gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com]OnBehalf Of MThompson > Thanks Ed > -Marc > > -- "Ed Gordon" <edeye1@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hey Yall, > > You may want to read the email below that came across the State Coord > list. > > Vivian came up with a disclaimer that we all may want to add to our > pages. > > "If you have arrived at this site via a paid subscription database, > please know that the data contained here has been donated by hardworking > volunteers. This material and much more is available free of charge > through the USGenWeb Project and its state and county Web sites." > > Thanks Vivian!! > > She and I have been discussing this problem and we are not sure that the > above disclaimer would show up on any pages they already have?? > > There is no need to panic. The NC is working on resolving this matter > asap. So we need to think carefully about our options. > > Ed > > Scott Burow > > Dear Project members: > > It has been reported as follows: > > "Ancestry has a new "Internet Biographical Collection" in its Deluxe > Collection that includes USGenWeb sites, as well as just about > everything else as far as I can see at first glance. When you click on the > original pages, you sometimes get the USGenWeb copyright notice . . ." > > Source Information: > "Ancestry.com. Internet Biographical Collection > [database on-line]. > Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. > Original data: > Biographical info taken from various English web sites. See specific > website address provided with each entry. > > About Internet Biographical Collection This database contains a sampling > of biographical sketches found on English language web pages throughout the > > entire World Wide Web. Web pages can vary greatly in the amount of > information they contain about a given person, and in the number of > related and unrelated people mentioned on the same page. > The information source and the central topic of each page will also vary > greatly. > > For more information about this database, click here. [link provided in > original] > > This database contains a sampling of biographical sketches found on > English language web pages throughout the entire World Wide Web. Web pages > can > vary greatly in the amount of information they contain about a given person, > and in the number of related and unrelated people mentioned on the same > page. The information source and the central topic of each page will also > vary > greatly. Given facts should be verified using other sources. One unique > and valuable feature of this web-based collection is the number of > hyperlinks leading from each page in the collection to other web pages of > possible > interest on related topics." > > --------------------------------- > > Please be assured that the USGenWeb AB is investigating the situation > and is attempting to contact Rootsweb to gain further facts about the > situation. > Meaningful progress will be reported to the USGenWeb membership. > > Meanwhile, please try to refrain from starting or contributing to the > spread of rumors, etc. and watch for additional status information as it is > available. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >