Stephen, my wife's Grandmother's maiden name was "Marston" and I see your reference to "Dick Marston wrote :". Would you mind letting me know how I can contact the said "Dick Marston"? Thank you for passing on the information about the "selling for profit"; your contributions to the Petrie list are appreciated. Regards all round. Bruce Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Baker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 6:43 PM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Caveat Emptor > Received this from the Hertfordshire list. > > Not all lists are "not for profit" as we are. > > Stephen > > Researching the following names:- > BAKER, CANNON; CHALKLEY - Hertfordshire > SPENCE, KELLY, ELMESLEY - Moray, Scotland > DANIELS, EBB, BRACKENBURY, DARCY , WARD - Lincolnshire > PETRIE, GOW, FORBES, BRODIE - Scotland (especially Perthshire) > RUTHERFORD, Roxburghshire, Scotland > DONALD, STRACHAN, MOLLISON, SMITH - Aberdeenshire, Scotland > ELLIS, MITCHELL - North Yorkshire > STALKER, BRENNAND - Kendal, Westmorland > HINCHLIFFE, PAYNE - West Riding of Yorkshire > BERRY - Leicestershire > > > WARNING BEGINS HERE > > Dick Marston wrote: > > > > Listers: > > > > I have naively included a link to GenForum for those wishing to post > > and respond to Rockingham and Marston surname queries. Furthermore, > > I have innocently posted several responses on those forums. Today, I > > have amended the link on Rockingham's Queries Index Page to read as > > follows: > > > > **If you want still another place to search and post, try the Rockingham > > County message board on [ genforum.genealogy.com/nh/rockingham/ ] > > WARNING!! Any information which you share on GenForum's message > > boards may be copied by Genealogy.com [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and > > sold by them for profit either as data included on a monthly/annual > > subscription or as a CD for purchase. Much of this information is totally > > unreliable. Caveat emptor [Buyer beware]. In order to see what, if any, > > information Genealogy.com has acquired from your voluntary contributions, > > you will first need to subscribe to their service available to > > paying members only.** > > > > I am SO angry I could spit!! Until I started checking up on this fiasco > > about my father's pedigree, I had NO clue that Genealogy.com was > > doing this. I want to declare WAR! I can't get through to their leaders, > > but I sure would like to get through to their potential customers and > > unwitting voluntary contributors. > > > > Please feel free to copy and paste [or send] this warning wherever, > > or to whomever, you think might do the most good. You may post it as > > your own message or as a quote from me, whichever you prefer. Your help > > will be greatly appreciated. > > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > Need Assistance.... > your Petrie-Scotland List Administrator is Norma Thain...contact her at [email protected] >