Hi Susan, I agree with you 100% about what people print in books and articles and how that makes our ancestors look. Personally, I get offended in the fact that for $39.95, anyone can get info on how many cars we own, what property we have, etc. I don't think it's anyones dang business but mine, and it makes my blood pressure go off scale when I think of it. I mean, what about the privacy act of 1968, doesn't that apply to the Internet?! As for copyrights, though, it's not "worrying about ourselves", heck, if I authored a work and someone quoted me, as long as they stated that I was the author and such, I wouldn't care. But, there are laws that state that unless you have consent from the author, you can not print it verbatim. There are lots of authors out there that do not take kindly to people quoting them and that's a fact. Can't get around it, so, it's better to paraphrase and still give the authors name and date, etc. I wish that we as a people hadn't become such a cynical bunch, it's really a shame to me that we as the human race are more concerned with gossip and what dirt we can dig up on a certain individual, instead of trying to be kind to each other and help each other like we used to....what has happened to us as a people?! Anyway, to get back to the genealogical side of this, I still honestly believe that the majority of people that I have come in contact with that do genealogy are some of the nicest people in the world, as they will help others in any way that they can. I am very proud of my Headley ancestors, and I wonder what they were truly like, I know that they served in the Rev War and the War of 1812, and most lived until an old age. I wonder how rough life was for them and if they were kind and decent people....I hope in my heart of hearts that they were and when they passed on, there were many that grieved over them, not because they were someone rich and important, but, because they were decent human beings that would give what little they had to share so that someone else could survive and such. Just have always wondered.... Food for thought, Peggy