Hi, I have been into genealogy for about 15 yrs and have a large library of data that I have collected about my ancestors. Most of this material has been gathered by going out into the field, searching through Federal Census , digging into county records etc. I decided to go internet as I thought it would be an ideal way of communicating , getting in touch with those who may be researching the same family, it would evolve less travel etc. Now I set back and analyze what I have found viva the internet and I doubt it is more that 1% of what I have. There are many peeves I have about genealogy by internet and I was wondering what others thought about it. Some of my peeves are: (1) Why are researchers so reluctant to share their data? (2) Why is it when you think you have a connection, you never hear from them again? (3) Why do they say they will cooperate and then don't ? I have many others but I would like to know your opinions on the subject. so How fruitful has genealogy on the net been for you and how can we improve it?