Just wanted you to know that I am in agreement with you. I have not nor do I intend to purchase a CD. So far I have had access to good libraries and other sources of information. Also information that has come my way through lists such as this one has proved very good. I would sooner put my money into a county Genealogical Society where I have an interest and obtain information from them. This is just my input. Pat Crouse -----Original Message----- From: Jack Cox <jack_cox@kc.net> To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com <ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 11:13 PM Subject: [ILMACOUP-L] Uploads to CD Suppliers >I share Gloria Frazier's concerns about posting information >up to the various on-line "collectors" such as Ancestry and >Family Tree Maker. All of these CD makers encourage you to >post your information in order to "share" it with other >researchers. If it was sharing, they wouldn't be charging >what they do for the disks. I don't begrudge them a profit, >but earning money on my hard earned information - >particularly after I shelled out the money for their >software - seems a bit off center to me. > >I see a real problem here. If we don't share our >information, then how will we continue to help the other >researchers out there? On the other hand, if we do share, >our information can be misused, and at best will lead people >down the wrong path. > >Personally, I have never bought a CD from any of the family >tree program companies. I have looked at their info when >they have "free" promotions, but have found little that >hellps me, and unfortunately, the "proofs" are very thin and >usually nonexistant. Unfortunately, I have even found many >serious errors in the information provided by LDS. > >I do, on occasion, add information to my "cousins" part of >the tree without complete verification - at least from >people I trust, and if there are enough clues to indicate a >probable fit. However, if no annotation of source is >included, I take it as unproven. > >My recommendation . . . don't post information you have >gotten from others without their permission, and never post >it without credit. Posting unproven data is probably the >worst idea of all. > >I have long had a personal rule that I will never "post up" >my information to one of the "CD" sites. However, I will go >out of my way to share information with anyone who needs >help. > >My two cents worth . . . > >Jack Cox > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >Submit your Macoupin County family births, marriages, deaths, Bible >records, articles, and cemetery information from your own research >to be included at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/macoupin/macoupin.htm > >