You've touched on some very important points, Donna D. It is a frustrating situation. On the one hand, Dr. Herring's collection needs to be maintained and, of course, funds are necessary for that. On the other hand, folks are eager to obtain further information about families of interest and will usually share what they have managed to collect from various sources, including the Leslie Brown cards, either through email, snail mail or posting snippets to family trees that are on-line. Apparently, Dr. Herring's collection is owned by the Board, including the Leslie Brown cards. If I understand it correctly, the information on those cards is not owned by the Board. That is a key issue and hopefully will be addressed by someone expert in copyright law, etc. In the interim, could we focus on an amicable resolution? For example, is there a way to get segments of the Leslie Brown data onto cd's for sale at reasonable prices, with a portion of each sale designated to be used to keep the library intact and functioning? I'm sure others of you have much better ideas. I do hope that all concerned will work toward a solution that will benefit us all. On Mar 4, 2008, at 7:18 AM, DONNA DURFOS wrote: > To Mr. Fussell and All, > > I had volunteered to help transcribe the West and Ezzell cards. > Although I > grew up in Wilmington and my North Carolina roots go back to the > 1700's > through both my parents, I now live in NJ. Through a message and > sharing > from Fran Powell, I began correcting errors from an old family tree > and > began gathering my own information..all online. I have been > blessed to have > family roots in Duplin County where there is so much sharing of > information. > I even found an original deed online from the Duplin County > Registrar of > Deeds, which proved that my ggg grandfather was Daniel West. Many > original > deeds can be viewed on-line through the Duplin County Registrar of > deeds. > > Part of me understands the privacy of the collection but another part > doesn't understand. I want to see the library survive and flourish > and > would never be deceptive in obtaining records from the Duplin County > Historical Foundation. I don't think any of us thought we were > doing any > thing wrong. Wouldn't the transcription of these cards help > protect these > documents for further generations? How can their survival be > guaranteed if > kept on paper in a library? I also understand that to survive the > library > must be used. How can we help be a solution to the problem? Could > the body > of work be published on line with a membership fee to help support the > library? If information that we obtain from the foundation library > cannot be > shared, how are we allowed to use it. I am working on information > to share > with my daughters and cousins. I don't want my family to get to my > age and > say "I wish I had asked my mother or my grandmother" like I did. I > want > everything that I know about my families to be shared. > > Donna D > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Jeansroots@aol.com> > To: <ncduplin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:54 AM > Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] The Leslie Brown Genealogical Card Collection > > >> >> Hi all, >> I understand property rights and all, but I can't travel as well >> as I use >> to, and, putting things on-line is a wonderful way for us computer >> genealogist >> to get infomation. Look at the Library of Va. >> They have a wonderful collection on-line. >> I see no problem with putting the info out there in the age of >> computers. >> So, maybe the Duplin County Historical Foundation will join the >> computer >> age >> ,and let us share the collection. >> I think most fellow genealogist like the idea of sharing; I know >> I do. >> So, how bout it, Duplin County Historical Foundation; want to join >> the new >> world of computer space? >> Keep up the good work Diane. >> Jeanie<3 >> In a message dated 3/3/2008 10:01:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> kfbh000@msn.com writes: >> >> Diane, >> >> Somehow, I understood that the transcribing and the posting of >> transcriptions of the Leslie Brown cards had been cleared with >> the Duplin >> County >> Historical Foundation. I was obviously mistaken. >> >> The intellectual property of the Duplin County Historical >> Foundation is a >> very real property right. >> >> Accordingly, please remove my name as a volunteer to transcribe >> Herring >> and >> Keathley cards. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Bryan Herring >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL >> Money & >> Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCDUPLIN-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 NCDUPLIN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message