These days, that's the only way to have your genealogy on the internet without raising your blood pressure. You can let people know they've got wrong "facts" and point them in the right direction; you can tell them you'd appreciate being asked before your photos are copied; etc. But ultimately, it's my decision -- do I let the sloppy work and the name-collectors ruin my enjoyment (obsession?) in tracing my own family? And I've decided the answer is "no." And yes, I also go out into the side-lines of cousins x-times removed, and families who married into my direct line. I'm happy to say that I've been able to help some direct descendants of those lines in their genealogy quest. Nan On 4/14/2012 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