Wolfe Clark Secrest Laney Joe Lee HCR 62 BOX 14 EVANT, TEXAS 76525 (254)471-5902

Thanks Randy, a great idea. surnames: BROOM-MCNEELY-THERRELL-GODFREY-RONE-HELMS-HARGETT. Anne Bradford 67 Summer St. Athol,Ma. 978-249-2819

Randy Winbush 11 Famington Drive Jackson, Tn 38305 Ph: 901-668-8958 E-Mail: randy_winbush@bigfoot.com randy@perigee.net wrote: > Dear Union County Researchers; > > Thanks to all of your support the Union County Genealogy Mailing > list has grown to over 140 subscribers. I would also like to commend you > all on the way you keep this list on a kind ,friendly and helpful basis. > I have been on some other mailing lists where it seems like the only > thing they do is bicker. I have never seen anything like that on this > list and I do appreciate it. > There is something I would like to do, for those of you who are > interested. There are still quite a few genealogical researchers with > roots in Union County who don't use the internet. A lot of these people > use the Heritage Room here in Union County. We have a listing of the > surnames you are researching and your e-mail addresses on the Surname > page, but it does not include your "snail" Mailing addresses. What I am > proposing is compiling a list of your names and mailing addresses along > with surnames you are researching to be on file in the Heritage Room. > This will give you a chance to make connections with other researchers > you otherwise might have never found. If you are interested in having > your address (and phone number if you would like) on file at the > Heritage Room just e-mail it to me and I will get this compiled. Please > send the messages with the subject line: "Union Co. Address". > I would also like to encourage those who are not already members, to > join the Carolina's Genealogical Society. Even if you don't live close > enough to attend meetings, the quarterly Bulletin is well worth the cost > of membership. Julie Ganis does a great job as Editor of this > publication. > I would also welcome any suggestions on how I can improve the Union > Co. GenWeb. > > Thanks and Good Luck with your Research > > Randy Godfrey > Union Co. GenWeb Coordinator > Monroe N.C. > > Carolina's Genealogical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncunion/Genealogical_society.htm > Heritage Room http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncunion/Heritage_room.htm

I am researching MUSTAIN, POOL(E), HENDRIX, GIBSON, ROGERS, DELLINGER, BULLOCK, TUCKER, ROBINSON, ROBERSON Karen Rogers 1912 Ridgefield Lane Naperville, IL 60565 BeTheBull@aol.com

Hello Randy: This is Bill Weddington. I completely forgot to give you the Surnames that I am working on. They are WEDDINGTON, BROOME, MORRISON, MCLARTY, FREEMAN AND POLK. Thank You., Bill W.

Randy, Here is my snail mail address... Mrs. Anne Medlin Sendgikoski 4701 Col. Ashton Pl. Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2873 ...and here are the names I am researching in Anson/Mecklenburg/Union Counties: MEDLIN, CUTHBERTSON, BROOM, CONDER, MORRISON, RUSSELL, GINGLES, WILLIAMS, DUNCAN, CROWELL, BIVENS. Also, the following names are peripherally associated (they either married into one or more of the above, or else one of the above married into their family: TRULL, FREEMAN, WILSON, HELMS, AUSTIN, DEBERRY, WHITLEY, BAUCOM, GRIFFIN, KEZIAH/KEESEE (AND VARIATIONS), WAGER, PRESLAR/PRESLEY, SECREST, SIMPSON. Randy, did you send me an e-mail a while back asking for one of my lines? As you may or may not know, I lost all of my e-mails and have no way of determining who the request was from. If it was you, would you resend that message to me? Would it have been on the SIMPSONS? Anne

Christi Hitchcock 1003 Cimarron Pkwy. Atlanta, Ga 30350 770-395-7477 before April 1st: 404-365-8083 Researching: NC> Griffin, McManus Elsewhere> Chavous, Pinner, Batman, Richardson, Beaty, (Also have my Hitchcock line to William Hitchcock b. 1695)

Researching family names: Secrest, Williams, Rogers, Trull, Hemby, Harkey Sandra Secrest Glenn 3521 Romany Dr. Monroe NC, 28110 704 283 6763 dglenn5817@aol.com

HiYa ALL ... it's me again looking for my children's ancestor Alonzo Theodore PHILLIPS b 1855 Union Co NC d Apr 12, 1940 Burke Co NC m Mary Elizabeth WINTERS b 1847 Burke Co NC d unknown m Dec 11, 1879 Burke Co NC. Thank you in advance from southern CA. Charlene email: mihnbu@aol.com

Doug Norwood 3808A Mosby Drive Greensboro NC 27407 336-855-5863 Researching Pressley, Meggs (Meigs, Meiggs), Braswell, Adcock, Tadlock, others. Doug Norwood -----Original Message----- From: randy@perigee.net <randy@perigee.net> To: NCUNION-L@rootsweb.com <NCUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 2:06 AM Subject: [NCUNION-L] Union County GenWeb >Dear Union County Researchers; > > Thanks to all of your support the Union County Genealogy Mailing >list has grown to over 140 subscribers. I would also like to commend you >all on the way you keep this list on a kind ,friendly and helpful basis. >I have been on some other mailing lists where it seems like the only >thing they do is bicker. I have never seen anything like that on this >list and I do appreciate it. > There is something I would like to do, for those of you who are >interested. There are still quite a few genealogical researchers with >roots in Union County who don't use the internet. A lot of these people >use the Heritage Room here in Union County. We have a listing of the >surnames you are researching and your e-mail addresses on the Surname >page, but it does not include your "snail" Mailing addresses. What I am >proposing is compiling a list of your names and mailing addresses along >with surnames you are researching to be on file in the Heritage Room. >This will give you a chance to make connections with other researchers >you otherwise might have never found. If you are interested in having >your address (and phone number if you would like) on file at the >Heritage Room just e-mail it to me and I will get this compiled. Please >send the messages with the subject line: "Union Co. Address". > I would also like to encourage those who are not already members, to >join the Carolina's Genealogical Society. Even if you don't live close >enough to attend meetings, the quarterly Bulletin is well worth the cost >of membership. Julie Ganis does a great job as Editor of this >publication. > I would also welcome any suggestions on how I can improve the Union >Co. GenWeb. > >Thanks and Good Luck with your Research > >Randy Godfrey >Union Co. GenWeb Coordinator >Monroe N.C. > >Carolina's Genealogical Society >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncunion/Genealogical_society.htm >Heritage Room http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncunion/Heritage_room.htm > > > >

Tommie A. Stapleton (researching Little family names) 813 Whiporwill Drive Port Orange, FL 32127-5968 E-Mail: Tommie1210@AOL.COM

Hello Randy: This is for your Address Listing: Just a great idea. The following is my address information: William M. (Bill) Weddington 204 Riverside Court Fairfield, CA 94533 707-425-6489 E-mail Address: Billprog@AOL.com Warm Regards,. Bill W.

Dear Union County Researchers; Thanks to all of your support the Union County Genealogy Mailing list has grown to over 140 subscribers. I would also like to commend you all on the way you keep this list on a kind ,friendly and helpful basis. I have been on some other mailing lists where it seems like the only thing they do is bicker. I have never seen anything like that on this list and I do appreciate it. There is something I would like to do, for those of you who are interested. There are still quite a few genealogical researchers with roots in Union County who don't use the internet. A lot of these people use the Heritage Room here in Union County. We have a listing of the surnames you are researching and your e-mail addresses on the Surname page, but it does not include your "snail" Mailing addresses. What I am proposing is compiling a list of your names and mailing addresses along with surnames you are researching to be on file in the Heritage Room. This will give you a chance to make connections with other researchers you otherwise might have never found. If you are interested in having your address (and phone number if you would like) on file at the Heritage Room just e-mail it to me and I will get this compiled. Please send the messages with the subject line: "Union Co. Address". I would also like to encourage those who are not already members, to join the Carolina's Genealogical Society. Even if you don't live close enough to attend meetings, the quarterly Bulletin is well worth the cost of membership. Julie Ganis does a great job as Editor of this publication. I would also welcome any suggestions on how I can improve the Union Co. GenWeb. Thanks and Good Luck with your Research Randy Godfrey Union Co. GenWeb Coordinator Monroe N.C. Carolina's Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncunion/Genealogical_society.htm Heritage Room http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncunion/Heritage_room.htm

Hi all: Looks like a lot of what we are doing with genealogy falls in the gray area of copyright laws, which have been meant to protect published works...books, magazines, music, etc. Now even celebrity names and photos (Tiger Woods) are coming into question under copyright law. With sharing our own research done from original sources, tombstones, newspaper articles, family bibles, personal interviews....it doesn't fall under copyright laws. But it may need to become a courtesy to ask for permission before passing the information onto others. For example, I'm corresponding with several of my dad's first cousins who have not met each other yet. I do pass on the family information they share with me, but it's shared with the understanding that I will be sending it on to others in the family. Several years ago I did a family history on my home computer, then photo copied my own work and it was distributed at family reunions. Families are still making copies to share with cousins and children. Someone in the family even submitted "my work" to an area historical group for their centennial publication. When it was published, there was my stuff, withouth any acknowledgement of who had compiled it. It felt a little funny and I probably could have "legally" raised a fuss, but for me it really was ok. If someone else had claimed authorship, I would have corrected it, but that wasn't what happened. Now what I do is put a little address label on everything I send out in hard copy to others. If they photocopy it and give it to someone else, they know where it came from. When I send my documented information to others, I make sure I list the source of the names/dates/etc. and where I obtained that copy. Such as the newspaper microfilms from the University of Idaho. My classes in genealogy have stressed documenting so anyone can verify my information. As long as the source is given credit, that seems to be the genealogical issue. The music copyrights are there to protect the writers and performers and the royalties they are entitled to. For many years, churches (me included) have violated the law here.....usually not intentionally, usually misunderstanding the laws.....and most churches now pay a fee in order to properly use the music in services. But our genealogy research really is different. Family Tree Maker also makes it a point to not publish on-line the names of people still living. This may also be a sticky/gray area for us with our work. I'm cautious (initially) about sending the names and locations of the generation still living in all my branches. To summarize, we might do well to remember: 1. Always give credit to the original source. Tombstone, personal interview, newspaper clipping, personal journal. 2. Don't claim someone else's research as our own. 3. Get permission to share what you've been given. 4. Even when compiling information for publication, give credit to the contributor. Then enjoy your hard work and all you've accomplished. maryb.

This is an excellent site, though not a substitute for proper legal counsel for individual cases Copyright Law Freq. Asked Questions http://www.netmeg.net/faq/law/copyright-faq/ United States Copyright Office http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ Legal Ethics from Cornell University Law School http://www.law.cornell.edu/disks96.html#ethics Text of the law http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/copyright/laws/S107.html

Hi all, Just a warning to all of you that I just received the Happy 99 attachment from a genealogy contact on this mailing list! I know he did not mean to attach it, but he didn't realize his computer was already carrying the virus!!! I DID NOT OPEN THE FILE and deleted it immediately, and encourage all of you to do the same if you get a Happy 99.exe file attached to your email! There has been a lot of talk about this lately on the internet, and before I lost my hard drive the other night, I had a link to a site that told all about it. This is NOT a hoax, as I've talked to others who have actually had the virus attack their systems!! Julie

>If I'm not mistaken, the copyright laws were recently changed and the number >of yrs involved increased. ??? > >Julia in Houston, TX > > >>Sharon has brought up a very interesting question in response to my recent >>message concerning copyright laws. I consider this something that many of >you >>might want to be a little clearer on, so, since I use to work for a >publisher, >>I plan to contact some of my coworkers, and to research this question and >will >>publish what I find on the website. This is what Sharon asked me: >> >><<Anne, Do the copyright laws prohibit copying material that is placed in >our >>family research files, even if that information is not published, etc. I >know >>the library has a note on the copy machine regarding copying from books, >but >>the machine is there for that purpose! What about census books. I would >>think that wouldn't have a copyright. Public records that are recorded and >>published wouldn't be copyrighted, is that correct. I am new to researching >>and need to learn all I can. Thanks, Sharon >> >> >> And this is my response to Sharon: >> I never thought about census records being copyrighted...but I do not >think >>they are. I can find out from my company (I am retired from a private >>publisher) who can give me the right answer. However, your public library >>more than likely has a book or two on copyright laws. I used to edit a >>newsletter for one of the craft groups and that was one of the things we >were >>asked about continuously. Check for books on the subject with your >librarian, >>but in the meantime, I will ask the right person at my company about the >laws >>and get back to you. I will probably put this type of thing out on the >Union >>County website for everyone to see. >> Thanks for your question. Since I am writing a book on my family, it is >>pertinent for me to find this information out for myself. Glad you asked >it! >>I will get back to you, but if a month goes by and you have not heard from >me, >>feel free to check with me, because it may be that the answer might not be >>readily forthcoming. Anne >> >> > >

If I'm not mistaken, the copyright laws were recently changed and the number of yrs involved increased. ??? Julia in Houston, TX >Sharon has brought up a very interesting question in response to my recent >message concerning copyright laws. I consider this something that many of you >might want to be a little clearer on, so, since I use to work for a publisher, >I plan to contact some of my coworkers, and to research this question and will >publish what I find on the website. This is what Sharon asked me: > ><<Anne, Do the copyright laws prohibit copying material that is placed in our >family research files, even if that information is not published, etc. I know >the library has a note on the copy machine regarding copying from books, but >the machine is there for that purpose! What about census books. I would >think that wouldn't have a copyright. Public records that are recorded and >published wouldn't be copyrighted, is that correct. I am new to researching >and need to learn all I can. Thanks, Sharon >> > > And this is my response to Sharon: > I never thought about census records being copyrighted...but I do not think >they are. I can find out from my company (I am retired from a private >publisher) who can give me the right answer. However, your public library >more than likely has a book or two on copyright laws. I used to edit a >newsletter for one of the craft groups and that was one of the things we were >asked about continuously. Check for books on the subject with your librarian, >but in the meantime, I will ask the right person at my company about the laws >and get back to you. I will probably put this type of thing out on the Union >County website for everyone to see. > Thanks for your question. Since I am writing a book on my family, it is >pertinent for me to find this information out for myself. Glad you asked it! >I will get back to you, but if a month goes by and you have not heard from me, >feel free to check with me, because it may be that the answer might not be >readily forthcoming. Anne > >

Hi Folks, Here is a great URL with lots of links concerning copyright issues: http://www.cyndislist.com/copyrite.htm Good Luck! Can tell you that vital statistics, such as births, deaths, etc can not be copywritten, but they can be placed in a book, therefore copywritten as far as the format that the book has been written in. Hope this site helps some. Sincerely, Cathy Cranford-Ailstock Windwalker@gowebway.com

>From what little I know, you are able to post a line or two out of the book, make sure that you give credit, but be careful not to post too much or you can get into trouble. I wish I could help more, but that is all I know . Sincerely, Cathy Cranford-Ailstock -----Original Message----- From: bmoore <bmoore@perigee.net> To: NCUNION-L@rootsweb.com <NCUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [NCUNION-L] Re: NCUNION-D Digest V99 #51 >My question is: How does the copyright law work for "look-ups" in >copyrighted material? Is there a violation if permission has not been >granted for such work? >