Thanks to those who replied regarding the subject of paying or sharing. I appreciate your input. I can understand paying if "work" has actually been done by a professional genealogist, ie. research. I myself pay people for work I don't want/like/have time to do, even if I do know how to do it. Plumbing is a good example! If this professional is a real genealogist, then he should be getting paid for his research, not just what he is able to acquire from others by getting their gedcom file, who have actually done the work for him. 'Nuff said--I don't want to get "off topic"! Thanks again, everybody! Sherry

I totally agree with you, Sherry Linda--Searching Emma Steel and Marcellus Mettler in Pike County, Missouri. Steel75642@aol.com wrote: > Thanks to those who replied regarding the subject of paying or sharing. I > appreciate your input. I can understand paying if "work" has actually been > done by a professional genealogist, ie. research. I myself pay people for > work I don't want/like/have time to do, even if I do know how to do it. > Plumbing is a good example! If this professional is a real genealogist, then > he should be getting paid for his research, not just what he is able to > acquire from others by getting their gedcom file, who have actually done the > work for him. 'Nuff said--I don't want to get "off topic"! Thanks again, > everybody! Sherry > > ==== STEELE Mailing List ==== > Boards > Surnames > Steele - post a topic below, defaults to the list! > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.steele > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237