So to what purose is the membership to this list? Are you telling us that we can only post info about hearsay, family Bibles, etc. unless we pay the fee? This seems a bit preposterous to me. Is no one to ask about a relative for fear of getting, "Sorry, I have that information but I can't give it out"? As you can see I am having a difficult time trying to understand the thinking here. Anxious to hear, Linda ---------- > Dear Brian and all, > I appreciate your enthusiasm! But I must let you know that > posting information taken directly from the census, marriage > records, cemetery records, etc... is not allowed. This information > is sold by the genealogy society and is their only real way > of making money. They have the rights to this. > At the "Lookups and Researchers" page of my Ogle County site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/lookups.htm > I have people who do free look ups, but they only answer questions, > they do not give out printed information. If someone wants printed > information, they must contact the Ogle County Genealogy Society > and request it, and of course pay the fee. The society can also be > reached from my Ogle County site. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/societies.htm > If anyone has information and would like to do look ups, you must first > go to the "Lookups and Researchers" site, read and agree to the rules > set by ILGenWeb, join the Ogle County Genealogy Society (their fee is > $5.00 per year), and then let me know and I will add you to the list. > These are the rules set by the Ogle County Genealogy Society. And we > must respect them. > Thank you for your understanding! > Kathy - Ogle County GenWeb Host > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle > > Brian Hulleberg wrote: > > > > I have been gathering lots if information about the people in Ogle Co. > history. For example, Census records, marriage records. i would like to start > posting it to this list. Is has a ton of valuable information for people. > > > > Would it be okay to start doing that? Or would it be too much? > > > > Let me know. > > > > Bryn