How anyone could take public records and claim them as their work is be on me. So many genealogists have worked so hard to preserve their and our heritage for our families. This leaves a bad taste for many of to share our info with anyone else. Mark I feel so bad for you and the rest of us and angry that greed is keeping our " Public" Records from helping someone else!!!!! Norita Shepherd Moss Homosassa, FL mossnb1@earthlink.net Find out what God would have you do, And do that little well; For what is great and what is small The Lord alone can tell.___Anon EarthLink Revolves Around You. > [Original Message] > From: Debbie Carder <dcarder2@woh.rr.com> > To: Mark Gierhart <markg@watchtv.net>; <ohallen@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/27/2007 6:19:20 PM > Subject: Re: [OHALLEN] Allen County Cemetery Webpage Updates > > Mark, > I think you should keep your website because you have info on the > cemeteries that we have not published and the locations and pictures. I > think that what you do is a great service for people and I refer people to > your website frequently. It would be a shame to take it down. > I see no reason why there is not "room" for both. There are many > cemeteries in Allen County that we have not read and published yet. There > are the old readings in notebooks at the museum library that are not > copyrighted. You could use these for listings on your website. That way, > those that are not available in published books would be out there for > people who need the information. > We're all doing the same thing (genealogy). I hope that we can all work > together to accomplish the goals of getting the information to the public. > I would encourage you to keep your website but continue as you have in the > past doing listings for the other cemeteries that are not readily available. > Debbie Carder Mayes, Vice-president, Allen County Genealogy Society > > http://allencogenealogysociety.homestead.com/Main.html > > www.tribalpages.com/tribes/deb6102 > > www.tribalpages.com/tribes/dac6102 > > www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Gierhart" <markg@watchtv.net> > To: <mossnb1@earthlink.net>; <ohallen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 5:27 PM > Subject: Re: [OHALLEN] Allen County Cemetery Webpage Updates > > > >I will write a quick reply and statement, and then move on. > > > > About 6 years ago before I designed and built The Allen County > > Cemetery Website, I contacted the Allen County Genealogy Society > > asking for permission to web publish (post) information from their > > Cemetery > > Books.. At that time there was no Copyright listed within the books, and > > I felt this was a common courtesy thing to do.. I got a return e-mail from > > the President (at that time) of the Society stating that there was no > > problem > > with doing so... > > > > A week ago, of course after I posted that I was starting to update my site > > with additional information, the present President e-mails me stating > > Copyright > > issues with me posting such information.. There is now a statement on > > their > > website, stating that both present and past books fall under this > > Copyright > > material law.. I might add it is dated 1-20-2007.. > > > > I do understand they are selling these books online to make money for the > > Society, so I have agreed to remove all of my posted information from > > the website. I imagine RootsWeb will completely remove the site soon. > > > > Thanks to everyone for visiting the website, and good luck with your > > searches. > > > > Oh yeah - Please continue supporting your local Genealogy Societies.. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Norita Moss" <mossnb1@earthlink.net> > > To: <ohallen@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [OHALLEN] Allen County Cemetery Webpage Updates > > > > > >> > >> I have just went to Mark's site and found he is not doing anymore work on > >> his great cemetery page. Please tell me this is a mistake Mark!!!! This > >> is > >> one of the few places where I can confirm Allen County family. If it is > >> true than may I thank you for all of us who have enjoyed the info you > >> have > >> provided us all these years. Thanks for all the hard work. > >> > >> Norita Shepherd Moss > >> Homosassa, FL > >> mossnb1@earthlink.net > >> Find out what God would have you do, > >> And do that little well; > >> For what is great and what is small > >> The Lord alone can tell.___Anon > >> > >> > >> EarthLink Revolves Around You. > >> > >> > >>> [Original Message] > >>> From: Mark Gierhart <markg@watchtv.net> > >>> T > >>> Date: 1/20/2007 10:46:24 PM > >>> Subject: [OHALLEN] Allen County Cemetery Webpage Updates > >>> > >>> I have just finished adding the following Downloadable Spreadsheets to > >>> my > >> Cemetery Webpage: > >>> > >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohalncem/cemetery.html > >>> > >>> Richland Twsp. - Old Swiss/Old Mennonite Cemetery > >>> > >>> Spencer Twsp. - West Union Cemetery > >>> > >>> I hope to have finish the very large Spencerville Cemetery and then > >>> start > >> on Amanda Twsp... > >>> > >>> I am also adding spreadsheets to all of the already posted cemeteries. > >> This will give you > >>> something that can be printed out on your home printer. > >>> > >>> I'll keep everyone posted. > >>> > >>> Mark Gierhart > >>> > >>> Visit the Allen County OHGenWeb site. > >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> OHALLEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> Visit the Allen County OHGenWeb site. > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> OHALLEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > Visit the Allen County OHGenWeb site. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > OHALLEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Allen County OHGenWeb site. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHALLEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message