In the academic world we are continually faced with plagerism. The Internet has made grabbing someone else's words so easy. Lazy people don't take the time to note where they found the information let alone cite the source when they pass it on. Surely you have done some original research resulting in extending a family line which now is on the Internet in 10 or 10,000 sites with no indication of the source. You produce so much information...I bet you have been quoted--without citation--a thousand times. I think you just have to accept the plagerism as flattery.... -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> > This doesn't concern Chester County, per se, but is a question on > genealogical "ethics". I have been sent a bunch of data from another > researcher (and, I assume this is sent to others, too, and probably > 'published' on the web), and within the data is a section NOT on dates and > places, but about the geography and history of the area.....something I > wrote several years ago - word for word. There is, of course, no mention > of where she found this, and it's inclusion into her files certainly makes > it appear that it is her own 'work'. This is REALLY irksome, and I wrote > her, asking that if she uses MY work and MY words, she mention MY > name.....I've not heard from her, of course, but wonder how others of you > might have handled similar experiences you've had in the past. > > Sandra > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/457 - Release Date: 9/26/2006 > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send the one word message, unsubscribe, > to > pa-old-chester-request@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message