The same thing happened to me. I shared some information with another researcher in the form of a GEDCOM which contains all of the research material involving each particular individual, only to find it posted verbatim on a website as the person's own research and not a mention anywhere that it came from me. I love to share my data, but one should give credit where credit is due. It is also nice to know who did the research originally so if a mistake is found the original researcher could be contacted. -----Original Message----- From: MaryLReed@aol.com <MaryLReed@aol.com> To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 10:38 PM Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Re: TNMAURY-D Digest V98 #291 >This same problem has happened to me, and I don't know what to do about it. I >was kind enough (when asked) how my family tied in with a certain surname. I >had already sent information up to my grandparents who are both dead. So >after being asked, I sent it, and informed him it "was for his own personal >use, since we were cousins". He has copied my data word for word, and put it >on FTM as his research. I have emailed him, and also FTM with no response from >either, asking them to take it down immediately. Can anything else be done? > >Thanks. >Mary Lou > > >==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to: >TNMAURY-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or >TNMAURY-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > > > > > > > > > > >