Dave and listers, I have read the message from now am told of a ficticious name. I remember being told some time back that there was a change in TnGiles operator etc. I feel bad about this controversay but worse due to the so called underhanded whatever that caused this to happen. I don't think it right to pirate messages from one list to another. I think Dave has done a great job . I will not allow any thing I posted to the TnGiles list since I have known and been on it to be removed by anyone for any purpose as such mentioned to another site. I thought PIRATES were in 1600's on the high seas and not here in America today. I will be watching and if I see any of my postings apearing in the new list without my written permission I will do something about it. This type of thing is not good as we have enough of Web sites etc pirating our research and selling it on CD's etc. Don't let it happen to our site. Imagine a person lieing to get even or what they want or ??? Do not remove my postings to another List. Please. Lets all give Dave Worsham a big hand that he deserves!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck Dave.. Anyone else out there want to say their piece??? Let's get it over and go on to our purpose of Genealogy. We don't need what has gone on any more. Have two separate sites and go on with life. Maxine , in wa mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Dave Worsham <dworsham@launchnet.com> To: TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com <TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:21 PM Subject: [TNGILES-L] Giles TngenWeb Site Dear Tngiles list members, Today you received a letter from Fred Smoot, alias Sarah Smith, proclaiming to be the new coordinator for Giles County. Fred is the State Coordinator for the TnGenWeb project. And it is because of his underhandedness and tactics that I left the TnGenWeb project. Please note that I do not support, nor do I wish to work with, Fred Smoot, Sarah Smith or any other name he wishes to use. Looking at Fred's new Giles page, I believe he plans to copy all our files and place them on his new site in a hostile takeover attempt. I have told him that he does NOT have my permission to copy any of the files that we have loaded to tngiles. So he may contact each of you and ask for your permission to do so. You can give him permission to do so if you wish. I apologize for putting you through all of this. It sure isn't in the interest of genealogy. But we have an open mail list which anyone can join and it is hard to keep the weasels out. (In fact this is the first weasel.) Thanx to all of you for your continuing support. Dave Worsham ==== TNGILES Mailing List ==== To Use The Rootsweb searchable Archives http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl You need to know the name of the list you want to search.