Considering Lori-Ann and Matt's discussion ... Not that anyone was asking me to take sides, and not that there isn't plenty of merit to spread over both positions, but I think I'm going to have to side with Matt a little on this one. When someone asks me for data, I generally give them what I have in whatever form they think they need it (GEDCOM, RTF or paper) - that's how I help. When someone has something that I think would help me, I kind of expect the same level of cooperation, but recognize that some people are less comfortable with their computing tools, or have concerns about the amount of information they are giving out about some people. I admit to truncating the data I give out if it concerns living people in SOME cases, and I can't get TOO upset if others do the same. I say: be fair and expect fair treatment and don't worry about getting burned every now and then. The thing that REALLY irks me is when they give me a pile of data (in any format) and it has none, zip, zero references. Sure as shootin' the day will come that someone else will give me conflicting data and I'll have no way to try to assess the difference or resolve it. All my database says is "got this from XYZ" and so I have to hope that they still have the same email address they had 3 years ago and I have to try to find them and get them to answer a question about where they got something. I don't think too many people intentionally omit the references, I think most people just never enter them into their database! Regards - Glen C. Bodie Personal contacts------------------------------- Web http://www.glenbodie.com Home mailto:glen@glenbodie.com Office mailto:Glen.C.Bodie@esso.ca Text Msg mailto:4165658875@pcs.rogers.com My Tree http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gcbodie/MyTree/bodie_antle.htm ICQ http://wwp.mirabilis.com/7544260 Snail Mail: 76 Strathcona Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4J 1G8 Fax: (208) 248-6782 (via http://www.efax.com) Thornicroft surname----------------------------- Web http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gcbodie/thornicroft Mail mailto:thornicroft@glenbodie.com Query http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.thornicroft Mail List mailto:thornicroft-l@rootsweb.com Antle surname----------------------------------- Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~antlenf/default.htm Mail mailto:antle@glenbodie.com Query http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.antle Mail List mailto:antle-l@rootsweb.com Researching------------------------------------- A.NTLE, B.ODIE, C.OFFIN, C.OMRIE, D.EWAR, F.ARQUHARSON, F.ORD, F.REEMAN, L.AW, L.ILHOLT, M.ACHRAY, M.CNIE, M.CPHAIL, M.UTCH, O.SBORNE, R.ENNIE, S.MITH, S.TERNS, S.TEWART, T.HOMSON, T.HORNE, T.HORNICROFT, T.UPPER, W.ALKER >> M.UTCH+F.ARQUHARSON info at http://www.islandregister.com