My problem was that I sent information to a cousin that I thought only wanted the information for his records and I sent dates and information on my children and nieces and nephews who might not like the fact that they can now be found via the Internet. He also sent it to a mailing list and I can say I didn't appreciate it, but figured that it is to late to do anything about it except to learn from it. Ellen Anderson Texas -----Original Message----- From: Janis Gilmore <jgilmore@sccoast.net> To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 11:24 AM Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Loaned data - wrong credit >I, too, have had the experience of sharing data, and finding on someone >else's website. While I first felt somewhat violated (and then worried -- >was all sensitive material taken out before I shared?) -- I later decided >that the more reasonable view was this: > >a) I do this partly for fun -- because it is like working a crossword >puzzle, except more fulfilling, and the game is never over > >and > >b) I do it partly for posterity -- and the more places my research appears, >the more likely it is to survive. Whether or not I get credit is not the >point. > >Bottom line: I would never publish someone else's work on the net or >elsewhere as my own. I would ask permission to include, or something. Or I >would document the secondary source with primary sources, so that it became >my first-hand work and research. It is rude for people to make the >assumption that it is all right to publish someone else's findings. However, >I have decided just to make my own work as good as possibly, and not worry >about who else appropriates it. > >What DOES matter is that this sort of thing means you must be scrupulously >careful about everything that you share, both the accuracy (so that an >innocent mistake will not be perpetuated) and the sensitive material. > >Just my viewpoint. > >My MAURY county names: WALKER, McGILL, BRASEL/BRAZZELL, McMILLAN, ROBERTSON, >CLARK > >Janis Walker Gilmore >jgilmore@sccoast.net >www.elijahwalker.com > > > > > >==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >Please remember to include your SURNAMES in the SUBJECT Line. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >