Have a question - when a person submits thier family information to LDS and Broderbund they lose their power to have publication rights to their family history; is this true for GenCircles? Zona On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:00:40 -0700 Kate Johnson <katej@idcomm.com> writes: > In response to the query about GenCircles.....I have been Very > impressed > with the capabilities of this online database. Although the > Gencircles > database is smaller than WordlConnect at Rootsweb, the quality of > the > contributions seems better. Here's an overview: > > * Cliff Shaw is the founder of both GenCircles and Pearl Street > Software, the publishers of Family Tree Legends. > * Family Tree Legends software is integrated with GenCircles, but is > not > required (I personally use Family Tree Maker) > * GenCircles is free and always will be. > * You do NOT need to buy Family Tree Legends to use GenCircles. > * They have committed not to use email addresses, put data on CDs, > and/or sending junk mail. > > Go to http://www.gencircles.com and enter one of your common family > names. Surfing this site is a breeze and posting data is effortless. > And > SmartMatching searches for your family connections automatically. I > love > it when the computers do my hunting for me! > > Kate > Denver, Colorado > > PS I am not affiliated with this company in any way! Just > enthusiastic. :-) > > NYERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >NYERIE-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 36 > > > >Today's Topics: > > #1 GenCircle.com [John Doesky > <sufferingsunfish@yaho] > > #2 Burials in Cheektowaga > [zona.himmelsbach@juno.com] > > #3 Re: [NYERIE] GenCircle.com ["Dixie Endsley" > <dendsley@wic.net>] > > #4 reason for this stamp? ["mary kahkola" > <i-be-leve@msn.com>] > > #5 Re: [NYERIE] reason for this stamp [Don W > <copperfielddon@yahoo.com>] > > #6 Re: [NYERIE] GenCircle.com [SGTNYSP@aol.com] > > > >Administrivia: > >To unsubscribe from NYERIE-D, send a message to > > > > NYERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your > software > >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > GenCircle.com > > From: > > John Doesky <sufferingsunfish@yahoo.com> > > Date: > > Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:13:12 -0800 (PST) > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Anyone acquainted with that website or know anything > >about it? Thanks. > > > >===== > >John > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > Burials in Cheektowaga > > From: > > zona.himmelsbach@juno.com > > Date: > > Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:42:00 -0800 > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Barbara (nee SCHALL) and Joseph HIMMELSBACH were buried in > Cheektowaga, > >ERIE COUNTY. On their burial records stated the name of their > church. > > > >I found the above ^ post in the rootsweb Erie Board (which I had > posted > >in 2001). I'd lost all my research on Barbara SCHALL. So I was > >wondering what cemeteries are in Cheektowaga that they may be in. > Any > >suggestions will be appreciated. > >Zona > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > Re: [NYERIE] GenCircle.com > > From: > > "Dixie Endsley" <dendsley@wic.net> > > Date: > > Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:56:27 -0700 > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >I never saw any responses to this question. Does anyone know about > this > >website? > > > >Dixie > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Doesky" <sufferingsunfish@yahoo.com> > >To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 7:13 PM > >Subject: [NYERIE] GenCircle.com > > > > > > > > > >>Anyone acquainted with that website or know anything > >>about it? Thanks. > >> > >>===== > >>John > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>__________________________________ > >>Do you Yahoo!? > >>Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > >>http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >> > >> > >>==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > >>To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > >>See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >> > >>============================== > >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in > the > >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: > >> > >> > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > >> > >> > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > reason for this stamp? > > From: > > "mary kahkola" <i-be-leve@msn.com> > > Date: > > Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:50:13 -0500 > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >On marriage records from 1889 & 1891 had been stamped 'NOT TO BE > PUBLISHED' Why would this have been done back then? > >Was it a common practice? > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > Re: [NYERIE] reason for this stamp? > > From: > > Don W <copperfielddon@yahoo.com> > > Date: > > Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:20:23 -0800 (PST) > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Mary: > >Quite regularly "The Buffalo Courier" in 1888 and into > >1889 published lists of the births, marriages and > >deaths, sometimes as often as every other day. The > >practice seemed to stop sometime in 1889/90 as I have > >not seen these lists in the 1891 newspapers. You will > >find transcriptions of some of these lists on the > >NewspaperAbstracts.com web site. > > > >Don White > >Erie County, NY State, and Province of Ontario > >Coordinator > >NewspaperAbstracts.com > > > > > >--- mary kahkola <i-be-leve@msn.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >>On marriage records from 1889 & 1891 had been > >>stamped 'NOT TO BE PUBLISHED' Why would this have > >>been done back then? > >>Was it a common practice? > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > Re: [NYERIE] GenCircle.com > > From: > > SGTNYSP@aol.com > > Date: > > Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:37:32 -0500 > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: > > NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >I looked at the website and found it interesting and found some > info I could use regarding a couple of my family members. > > > >Kevin > > > > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. > Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599 &targetid=5429 > > >
I think that only means that you give up your right to sue them for publishing it, because you imply that you have no expectation of privacy when you submit your information to a public medium. Also that you give up the right to sue them(say, if they publish a book with or charge a membership fee to a web site for access to the information you provided them) for any portion of any profit they might make as a result of publishing the information you submitted. It doesn't mean that you yourself, Or anyone else for that matter, can't write a book with that information in it and make a profit from it or submit it on another website. This applies to deceased persons only. Information about living person belongs to the living person, or parent/guardian/legal Rep of a minor or incompetent person. I could be wrong, but I've been looking at the Public Health Laws concerning Vital Statistics... And for the most part, vital information of a deceased person is public information and no one person or entity has exclusive ownership rights to it As far as the "Not for Publication" stamp on a record, that would mean either it was stamped that way to prevent Vital stats from releasing the info to a newspaper, or that you cannot publish the official copy of the record, in order to prevent forgers from forging a birth or death record. Birth and death information of deceased is public information unless it is sealed by a judge. It's the official records, or copies of official records that are not public information. You may view or be told information about a deceased person, but you may only obtain an official copy of the record if you are family member or legal representative of that person. You may not view, be told, or publish vital information of a living person unless you are that living person or a parent/guardian/legal Rep.