A personal clarification, if you are interested. I have stated over the years that I will not charge and have not charged for any product of my work, even when I have had pay third parties for it. The sole exception was the baseball cap I talked a cousin out of. The reason was the deep suspicion I have seen in various mail lists, on-line groups, and even at conventions that somehow "you are making money out of this." Bottom line, if I cannot personally afford it, I will not do it. As for those "selling" family charts, church data, census data, et.al. While I will not do this, I understand that there is a valid reason for people (and clubs/chapters) to attempt to recoup their expenses. I guess that I do not have the thick hide for this. I will state that I have paid for these compendia, and have always been satisfied for the cost/benefit ratio. I will also state, that with the exception of one egregious eBay example, I have not seen anything approximating exploitation. A quick note on copyright. While data cannot be copyrighted, the form and interpretations can. I honor the form and interpretations copyright, with extensive AGS/Mills sourcing tags on ALL and EVERY piece of data I enter into my database. By the way, I use "The Master Genealogist", used by more professional "for-hire" genealogist, than any other program. It actively encourages, via its screen entry method, excellent habits. do NOT use "reply": spam filtering active. send e-mail only to mailto:terry@sterkel.org, or betsy@sterkel.org