--part1_c9.834d9a6.26e5a70c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_c9.834d9a6.26e5a70c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <GRACE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (rly-yd02.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.2]) by air-yd04.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Sep 2000 12:34:21 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Sep 2000 12:34:03 2000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e84GWUM00927; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:32:30 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:32:30 -0700 X-Original-Sender: vphil@gte.net Mon Sep 4 09:32:29 2000 Message-ID: <004401c0168d$db18a880$c89bfea9@nancy> From: "Nancy" <vphil@gte.net> Old-To: <GRACE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:33:26 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Subject: [GRACE] Genealogy scam / www.familydiscovery.com Resent-Message-ID: <W8_yPD.A.TO.e68s5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: GRACE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GRACE-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GRACE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GRACE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/807 X-Loop: GRACE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GRACE-L-request@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: PeggyLynnRowe@aol.com <PeggyLynnRowe@aol.com> To: COX-L@rootsweb.com <COX-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 7:18 AM Subject: [COX] Genealogy scam / www.familydiscovery.com >FYI: > > ----- Original Message ----- >Subj: Genealogy scam >Date: 09/03/2000 6:30:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time >From: plfleming@shelbynet.net (Phyllis Fleming) > >I received this message after it was forwarded to the INGENWEB state >coordinator: > >About 2 weeeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives submitter >that her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: > >www.familydiscovery.com > >The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that they were >linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped inside a >frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to investigate >this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received a >user id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web site >gave bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes to a >recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of the e-mail >adds on their web site bounce. > >Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it appears that >several >folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > >http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > >The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to come from >USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come from >non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at either >rootsweb or usgennet. > >If anyone out there is or has been a member of familydiscovery -- or >has been ripped off by them, I ["Joy Fisher" jfisher@ucla.edu>] would >like to >hear from you. > >Permission is gr