To all the members of my e-mail lists: As the list owner of the above-referenced lists, I just wanted to send out a friendly reminder (and warning) about some of the things that can occur when you are doing business on the Internet. Believe it or not there are people out there who will try and take you for a ride, and some of them even do genealogy! I have been receiving e-mail over the past few days from a woman named Annette Womack who was recently ripped off when buying a genealogical book entitled "Southern Historical Families" at auction at E-Bay. The author, Pamela Daniels, had put the book up for auction and evidently misrepresented it as a book about historical Southern families (most thought that meant families of well-known Southerners). In reality, it was just a book about her own ancestry, which was limited to AL and GA. And not even a very good book at that, as it contained no documentation! Here is a quote from one "dissatisfied" customer: > "I won the bid on the "book" at the tune of $31.00 plus postage. Lucky me, > huh. > It's not the money so much as the fact that she deliberately made her > description misleading by sounding as if she had information on "HISTORICAL > SOUTHERN FAMILIES." I feel that title is misleading because it sounds as if > she has included in this "book" families from all of the southern states that > were involved in historical events in history, such as war heroes. I have > many such heroes in my lineage. This would have been a goldmine if the book > was what I thought it would be. Including the surnames was a big draw for me, > I fell hook, line and sinker for that. > I think this is her own personal genealogy and she is trying to make a buck > on her research. > In the list of surnames in her ad, there are 12 of the surnames that I am > researching, but none of mine were in Georgia or Alabama. Had I known that > her idea of the south is only those 2 states, I would have passed on this > "book." > The lady that raised my awareness of this problem actually lost the bid but was contacted by the author and got the book for $25.00. So, I would specifically warn you about Pam Daniels of Leesburg, GA and generally warn you to know what it is you are getting before buying this type of thing online and in this fashion. Let the buyer beware! Mary K. -- Mary Kathryn Kozy mkozy@ibm.net http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy Dougherty Co., GA USGenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadoughe Monroe Co., GA USGenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamonroe South King Co. Genealogical Society web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs