In a message dated 98-05-13 19:25:11 EDT, you write: << o: ILOGLE-L@rootsweb.com 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 I'm new to this list but a little confused. On every other list I'm on, people offer to share census records, marriage records, death records, info from books,etc. If I do the hard work of copying census records here in Virginia on Ogle County, why can't I share them with others on the list? This is how it is done on every other list I've ever participated on. I understand your need to make money, but why would someone be prohibited from sharing the work that they did with others? I'm not "flaming" just trying to understand because I've never heard of this and I've been on as many as 10 different lists at different times. Mary Allen Roanoke, VA