Stranger things have happened!! I don't know how they got it, but the big thing with these websites is that all your research becomes the property of whoever owns the site. Even if you click on 'don't submit' when you update your files, if you have loaded it onto these web pages, you have given them the right to do whatever they please with your work. I have no problem with other people getting my information. My problem is with the companies making all the money on our hard work at the expense of other researchers. Sure, the info is on the website if anyone wants to try to take it, but usually they won't go to the trouble to get the files like this. They have plenty giving their work to them outright. Anyway, when the project was put together, one of the first things decided by the list was not to go with this type of website, as many people did not want to turn their info over to someone to make money on it. The least we could do was honor their wishes. Lisa Check out my website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7502/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ardath Buckaway" <bqueen@compusmart.ab.ca> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 6:37 PM Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Selling or giving files > Lisa & Bill, > > I don't know of FTM doing that but others could have submitted your info Lisa, and put your name on it. I definitely know of a situation with Ancestry where that happened. Acutally the one woman gave her files to a cousin to submit, and the cousin put her own name on it. I don't think Ancestry did it, but since she sent it in, they could have. The lady who did the work was wild, and Ancestry did give her the credit after she explained how it happened. It could be that someone took the info off of your site, and sent it in, giving you the credit for it Lisa, because they felt guilty. Do you think that is possible? I am always a little bit afraid of these sites, and yet I would like to see as many people as possible have all the information that has turned up, to help with their lines. I just don't like the idea of them selling my work. > > Ardath > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Feel free to post the data you find on HANCOCK > in your research. Census, bible, wills, marriages, > deaths, cemetery, deeds, tax lists, and other > useful data. You might help a cousin who needs it. >