Diane: One other little rule that might be followed: Do not post someone's elses years of research to World Connect, or pass it on to someone else, without giving credit to that researcher. I shared a few years ago with someone on my Caruthers research (probably 30+ years), only to see it on world connect with no mention[ of my name, but his, as though he had done all the research. I don't mind sharing with anyone but give me a "little" credit:) Betty McCollum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Casey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] TNLINCOL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 59 > Please read the attached post ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NEW TO GENEALOGY. > > Please pardon my soapbox and please Do NOT respond to me via this list > but to my email directly. I am so strongly in agreement with this > gentleman that I almost did not post the Annotated 1850 Census online. > I have nightmares that, in the future, the web page will be cited as the > ones that scrambled LCT genealogy! (somewhat tongue in cheek but not > totally). > > Source: > RootsWeb Review, 27 September 2006, Vol. 9, No. 39 (An interesting > general genealogy list). > > > "Accepting Undocumented Information By Dan Craycraft in Cleveland, > Ohio, USA > > A word of caution to new genealogists. When I began using the Internet, > some five to eight years ago, I accepted everything that was given to > me. I was like a magpie, saving everything. Unfortunately, I began to > post this undocumented information on the RootsWeb's WorldConnect. > > Then the problems began. I received dozens of queries over the years as > to where I got my information. Of course, I could only explain that it > came from John or Jane Doe. > > After several years of receiving this type of query, I came to the > conclusion that if it was not my research, I would delete it from my > database and from WorldConnect. > > My advice to new genealogists -- don't incorporate someone else's work > into your database. Use their work as a launching pad, but do not accept > their work as fact without doing the research yourself. This process > will save you many agonizing hours of answering inquiries as to the > source of your information. > > Be very careful about what you post online and what access you allow > others to have to your data. I have several examples where I freely gave > my family tree (GEDCOM) to others. They in turn incorporated it into > their databases and now, I cannot retract what I gave them. > Unfortunately, during those early years of my investigation into my > family line, incorrect information was included. Yet, those errors > continue today to be posted on their websites!" > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.28/518 - Release Date: 11/4/06 > >

Hello All, As I read this ..it reminded me of what was done to me by a cousin. She took my info , posted it on the web and never even said one word about who she got the info from, which was me. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty McCollum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 4:32 AM Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] TNLINCOL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 59 > Diane: > One other little rule that might be followed: Do not post someone's > elses years of research to World Connect, or pass it on to someone else, > without giving credit to that researcher. I shared a few years ago with > someone on my Caruthers research (probably 30+ years), only to see it on > world connect with no mention[ of my name, but his, as though he had done > all the research. I don't mind sharing with anyone but give me a "little" > credit:) > Betty McCollum > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Casey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] TNLINCOL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 59 > > >> Please read the attached post ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NEW TO GENEALOGY. >> >> Please pardon my soapbox and please Do NOT respond to me via this list >> but to my email directly. I am so strongly in agreement with this >> gentleman that I almost did not post the Annotated 1850 Census online. >> I have nightmares that, in the future, the web page will be cited as the >> ones that scrambled LCT genealogy! (somewhat tongue in cheek but not >> totally). >> >> Source: >> RootsWeb Review, 27 September 2006, Vol. 9, No. 39 (An interesting >> general genealogy list). >> >> >> "Accepting Undocumented Information By Dan Craycraft in Cleveland, >> Ohio, USA >> >> A word of caution to new genealogists. When I began using the Internet, >> some five to eight years ago, I accepted everything that was given to >> me. I was like a magpie, saving everything. Unfortunately, I began to >> post this undocumented information on the RootsWeb's WorldConnect. >> >> Then the problems began. I received dozens of queries over the years as >> to where I got my information. Of course, I could only explain that it >> came from John or Jane Doe. >> >> After several years of receiving this type of query, I came to the >> conclusion that if it was not my research, I would delete it from my >> database and from WorldConnect. >> >> My advice to new genealogists -- don't incorporate someone else's work >> into your database. Use their work as a launching pad, but do not accept >> their work as fact without doing the research yourself. This process >> will save you many agonizing hours of answering inquiries as to the >> source of your information. >> >> Be very careful about what you post online and what access you allow >> others to have to your data. I have several examples where I freely gave >> my family tree (GEDCOM) to others. They in turn incorporated it into >> their databases and now, I cannot retract what I gave them. >> Unfortunately, during those early years of my investigation into my >> family line, incorrect information was included. Yet, those errors >> continue today to be posted on their websites!" >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.28/518 - Release Date: 11/4/06 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >