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
While we're at it - consider AGHP or ALHN and other wannabe USGenWeb projects. Tim At 02:34 PM 4/9/03 -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 > >