My mother died in 1991 but several people listed her death as 1992. I sent them updates but the wrong year is still posted. SSDI does have the correct year. Also some very distant cousins on my husband's side posted our deceased son's information. I was furious! He was a minor and they had no business just putting his information on line. There was no connection to his parents, grandparent, etc. He was just there. They had asked for my family information. I had not given my information because it was my husband's family they were related to. I have been so glad I did not. They were just gathering names and increasing the number of people in their file. This seems to be the case with many people. How many names can they collect. How big can they make their file. Since that time I have made a number of corrections as I have found additional information. I will put information into my files as a point to work from. I make a notation for myself this is not confirmed and until it is proven it is used as something over nothing. Often it leads to other ancestors where I do find correct information. This has happened several times. Barbara M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gale Gorman" <gale_gorman@me.com> To: "JLA" <jasche45133@gmail.com> Cc: "Rootsweb mailing list" <Roots-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Ancestry, piracy, and so forth > Joan, > > I could have written this! My sentiments to a tee! I'm not a long time > genealogist and I've really had a difficult time understanding people > claiming ownership to their ancestors or even the data they dig up. > > In my opinion there is not much value in genealogy if we don't share what > we find. > > It would be great if those who adopt our information would add a credit > line to tell where the info came from. That's not so I get any credit but > it would allow someone to verify the data. A good example is SSDI. The > dates are often wrong, not by much, but wrong just the same. I have no > idea where SSDI gets their info but the case I cite is my own father died > on October 20th and SSDI has the 22nd so someone could dispute my first > hand knowledge because after all, they found it on the internet. > > Gale Gorman > Houston > > > > On Apr 14, 2012, at 5:24 AM, JLA wrote: > > "we can study ANYONE if [we] like > > > I guess it's a good thing that we can add people to a tree if we want. > Over the past 10 years I have compiled a family tree of a small Ohio > town. It didn't start out that way. I was documenting one pioneer > family but because it is a small town the descendants of the > pioneering family married into other families and before I knew it I > was building a family tree for an entire town. > > I find myself and my website being used as source material and that > doesn't bother me. I've work hard to document my data and being used > as a source is -- well -- flattering. I don't feel like my material > was 'stolen' if I felt that way I would not have put it World > Connect. > > If somebody wants to bastardize their family tree so be it. I know > that what I have is correct and that's all that concerns me. If I > find a error in another tree I will try and contract the owner and let > them know about it. If they don't change the error - I don't care. > I know that what I have is correct as far as I can document it. > > Happy hunting to all, > > Joan Asche > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:53 AM, <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: >> Um...Sally...they ARE his family (if he's a cousin as you state below). >> He >> can put people in his tree even if they are NOT his family if he wants >> to. >> Genealogical research is not limited to our ancestors...we can study >> ANYONE >> if like. I've research many a line I'm not personally related to. >> >> We don't OWN our ancestors and can't claim any "rights" to names, dates, >> and places in our family trees. They are facts and facts can't be owned >> by >> anyone. >> >> Joan > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >