> > > > I doubt "change your reaction" would be your response if someone > > > > stole from you. I really don't see that I should get MY case jumped > > > > when all I'm wanting is to make it a bit more difficult for a thief > > > > to steal from me, and I see it as no different from locking my doors > > > > and windows to make it difficult enough for a thief to get into my > > > > house, or my truck, that he'll decide it's not worth the effort and > > > > will move on. I really don't see why I should be criticized for not > > > > > > > > "Karen Rhodes" > > > > > > Putting stuff on a web page is the equivalent of pinning it > > > up on a supermarket bulletin boards, with signs on the billboards > > > saying it is there.... > > > > > > Dennis Lee Bieber > > > > That makes it sound like we request people to "Please Steal" when we > > create a web page. Actually we're saying here is a source, please > > observe sourcing protocol. > > > > I'm beginning to think my web page should read, I have organized > > more than 50 pages of facts, single-spaced, with sources, on > > Sullivans in VA and NC up to about 1835. If you want to know what > > they are please contact me and I will forward up to 10 of them. > > > > Of course no one would contact me but I would have made a good faith > > effort. > > > > [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) > > I came late to this discussion, so I must apologize for re-opening > healing wounds. > > Unfortunately, there is no way to control what people do with > publicly posted information. As Denis Bieber pointed out, putting > your data on, e.g., WorldConnect is akin to posting it on a > supermarket bulletin board for all to see and use. What folks do > with your information, how they use it, whether or not they give due > credit to you for your work becomes a matter of individual ethics, > of which there seems a diminishing supply in today's world. > > Those who know me from soc.genealogy.computing and alt.genealogy > know that I run my own genealogy webserver (apache + mysql + > phpgedview). Now, before y'all go trotting off to > rgmhome.homeunix.net, be forewarned that it's a by invitation site > and password protected at two levels: once to access the site and > once for full access to the genealogical data. And who do I invite? > Relatives, mostly, who are serious family researchers in my > estimation. This way, _I_ control who sees the fruits of my > research and that of the other participants. While I don't believe > I "own" the information on the site, I do exert some control over > what is seen and by whom. I am convinced this is, if not the only > way, the best way to handle the concerns I've seen expressed in this > thread. > > If you would like to discuss this with me off-group, I'll happily > arrange for you to have guest access to the site and provide details > on my setup. Drop me a line at the reply-to address in the header. > > [email protected] (Robert Melson) Am definitely self-pushed to jump in here for two reasons: 1. My data is at WORLD CONNECT with no sources [I will supply if I am asked] and most notes suppressed [I choose what John Q Public gets to read. IMHO I believe that only a few names at a time can be gleaned from my posted data [Golly I hope that I am right!!!] 2. I have had two extremely wonderful results of having my data online 1. I was contacted by a total stranger who found me through WORLD CONNECT. He collects pictures from 2nd hand store places and tries to locate a connected family owner. In my case the picture that he had was of a man and a woman and written on the back was, 'Helen Dann and husband'. Helen Dann is my husband, Richard's maternal grandmother whom I had never seen a picture of, I had seen a picture of his maternal grandfather in a book I purchased on his DYER family by a distant cousin, that picture was of Francis Marion DYER and his then wife Molly DYER. 2. I was contacted by a DYER cousin and bought his book which catapulted me back on the DYER lines by six [6] generations which also led me to a MY FAMILY site for DYER which has filled in more DYER connections than I ever thought possible. NOTE: Watson B. DYER, who sold me that important DYER book died in Georgia at the wonderful age of 104 blind and living in his own home with relatives to care for him. 3. Yes there is a 3, I had an important connection from my maternal side come to see me from Coarsegold, CA [near Yosemite] to here in Sacramento. We exchange pictures, stories and data all of the time. Yes, Virginia there are more benefits from sharing [carefully] than not sharing Blessings and profitable sharing and researching. MY WORLD CONNECT: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=purplevw1&id=I1807 ENJOY, I DO Sandra Tyler Duncan [email protected]