Point well taken, Connie. Vivian Price Saffold Meriwether County At 02:34 PM 4/9/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Shall we include the two census projects in here, too and contemplate >there are 4 possible places for census files to be on-line? > >Connie >Acc: Heard > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Saffold [mailto:msaffold@bellsouth.net] >Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:16 PM >To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GAGEN] data placement > >Issues in the current debate seem to be fairly simply solved, in my >opinion. > >Submitters, those who offer their data to be placed online (regardless >of >whether it is a CC or an outside source), should make the final call as >to >where their data goes. They should be made aware that they can have >their >data both places, but certainly should be free to choose one or the >other. > >There are advantages to each: >1. County sites generally are the researcher's first portal to the >GAGenWeb >project and potentially provide the researcher with "one stop shopping." >2. Text presentation may be more suitable than html to some researchers. > >Ease of searching differs from site to site, and some days I've had >trouble >with the Archives search engine, too. > >Posting data in both locations also has its advantages: >1. More people are likely to see it. >2. Built-in redundancy gives some insurance that the data will remain >available. > >One would hope we would not need to remind experienced researchers like >our >volunteers that *taking* data and presenting it as your own is illegal, >not >to mention wrong. > >Vivian Price Saffold >Meriwether County > >3570 Hildon Circle >Chamblee, GA 30341 > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Do you have a suggestion to include in our taglines? If so, please >write >GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Genealogy research usually begins with our great-grandparents to preserve > the privacy of 'living persons'. If you encounter a person searching >their birth parents, the need to go to the area on the web that deals >with just this type of research. Please refer them to: >http://www.adoption.org 3570 Hildon Circle Chamblee, GA 30341