My fellow researchers... I would just like to remind all who decide to help others with their research to be careful. Don't trust others to guard your family information as you do. Don't share Gedcoms without totally editing them, to remove all reference to living people or those who would rather not have their family members details on the net. Don't believe others when they say they will remove it first, or they will only keep this information for personal use. I wish I had taken notice of my own advice, and not tried so hard to help someone that I did trust that person. I was totally dismayed to be searching through our biggest family history site and discover so many of my living relatives named in full. Sharing with the aim of helping, had given this person an open invitation to simply add all my details to their work, if any of it is. I don't care less about credit for research, as I have been very grateful for all the help that I have received along the way, and I have willingly shared all I have found. I do care that requests had been made to have names removed... and they hadn't been. The whole tree has now been removed. It will be interesting to see if an edited version now appears. I blame myself for being gullible. By posting this, I hope others will be more cautious than I was. Chris

Dear Chris, Thank you for this advice......it is really awful to think that anyone could be so despicable. It certainly puts a damper on "goodwill" Cheers anyway, Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Goopy" <cgoopy@optusnet.com.au> To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:04 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] Protect your research and privacy > > > > > My fellow researchers... > > I would just like to remind all who decide to help others with their > research to be careful. > > Don't trust others to guard your family information as you do. > > Don't share Gedcoms without totally editing them, to remove all > reference to living people or those who would rather not have their > family members details on the net. > > Don't believe others when they say they will remove it first, or they > will only keep this information for personal use. > > I wish I had taken notice of my own advice, and not tried so hard to > help someone that I did trust that person. I was totally dismayed to be > searching through our biggest family history site and discover so many > of my living relatives named in full. Sharing with the aim of helping, > had given this person an open invitation to simply add all my details to > their work, if any of it is. I don't care less about credit for > research, as I have been very grateful for all the help that I have > received along the way, and I have willingly shared all I have found. I > do care that requests had been made to have names removed... and they > hadn't been. > > The whole tree has now been removed. It will be interesting to see if an > edited version now appears. > > I blame myself for being gullible. By posting this, I hope others will > be more cautious than I was. > > Chris > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I really understand what you mean, Chris. I've had a similar experience. My fear of ID theft has made me extra cautious so to prevent me from accidentally giving away private information I've never put details of living individuals in any trees that I give away. They're not even in my Family Tree Maker program for me to give away. However, what burns me is the other issue, as you say, when others start passing around my genealogy information as theirs. Hang in there and don't be disgusted, it will only dampen YOUR enjoyment of it. And I'm saying this to myself at the same time :) Liz On 6/1/07, Ellen Crehan <ellencrehan@bigpond.com> wrote: > Dear Chris, > > Thank you for this advice......it is really awful to think that anyone could > be so despicable. > It certainly puts a damper on "goodwill" > > Cheers anyway, > Ellen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Goopy" <cgoopy@optusnet.com.au> > To: <undisclosed-recipients:> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:04 PM > Subject: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] Protect your research and privacy > > > > > > > > > > > > My fellow researchers... > > > > I would just like to remind all who decide to help others with their > > research to be careful. > > > > Don't trust others to guard your family information as you do. > > > > Don't share Gedcoms without totally editing them, to remove all > > reference to living people or those who would rather not have their > > family members details on the net. > > > > Don't believe others when they say they will remove it first, or they > > will only keep this information for personal use. > > > > I wish I had taken notice of my own advice, and not tried so hard to > > help someone that I did trust that person. I was totally dismayed to be > > searching through our biggest family history site and discover so many > > of my living relatives named in full. Sharing with the aim of helping, > > had given this person an open invitation to simply add all my details to > > their work, if any of it is. I don't care less about credit for > > research, as I have been very grateful for all the help that I have > > received along the way, and I have willingly shared all I have found. I > > do care that requests had been made to have names removed... and they > > hadn't been. > > > > The whole tree has now been removed. It will be interesting to see if an > > edited version now appears. > > > > I blame myself for being gullible. By posting this, I hope others will > > be more cautious than I was. > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Chris, I found somethings that are wrong about my mother's paternal side. Someone did not know that the name Wilson was a common name. My grandfather's brother was a John Wilson Jones and his wife was Amanda. They disappear. Some guy goes into the Missouri birth/ death records and finds a John W--- Jones and just decides to use him and his wife and child. That is all wrong and a fragment of his mind. Just because this John has a "W" as his middle name does not mean he is mine. And I know for a fact that the middle name was Wilson. This fool and someone else has posted that my grandfather was married to a Wrong woman and my grandmother married to a Wrong man. They have my grandfather born in Mo and not in North Carolina. I have sooo much proof that he was born there!!! I am leaving the information. I did put in a post it that the information was all wrong. People!!!! Alanna