It's a shame that they don't have to pay for using posted info, but since they (Ancestry.com) bought Rootsweb, they probably have the right to use it anyway they see fit. I believe I read that somewhere when they bought them out -- that anything posted to those sites became their property!! Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <JGH900@aol.com> To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] Looking for a book > I too talked to Herrin and she was very evasive. I wasted untold numbers of > hours searching for the publisher, contacting sellers of old and antique > books, libraries, etc. to find a 2nd copy. There are NO other copies. I too > offered her whatever she wanted for a photocopy of the "book" and she > declined. The copyright has long expired. I do not think there is any > information in the data she posted to Ancestry.com that cannot be found on > the Bertie site and archived Bertie forum messages. When I started about 2 or > 2 1/2 years ago I sent out messages that contained what I though was true > about my Holders that I now know is wrong. Her book contains the wrong info. > Where else could she have gotten that info? Personal details like brawling, > drinking, illicite love links and the like come right from the Church minutes > posted on the Bertie site. > > I believe Herrin violated the copyright held by the Bertie site (rootsweb). > > I do have to admit when she first came out with her book she had many of us > excited, only to disappoint us. > > Let's say, just for conversational purposes, that the data she posted is > mostly accurate --- what right does Ancestry.com have to post information > taken right off the Bertie site and forum? We should be able to access it for > free. Quite a number of generous people have spent hours, days, weeks of > thier time to post that data for the free use of Bertie County researchers. > Can you imagine the time invested by Virginia Crilley? If Ancestry.com > charges for accessing the data they should at least pay the people who posted > it first. > > Jim Holder > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > Post your Query on > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.northcarolina.counties.bertie > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >