I have always had my own internet domain for that very reason. I also have a very strong warning on my webpages that I do not want to see any of my research, or the research of those who have contributed their data, posted on a FTM website, an Ancestry.com webpage or even Rootsweb WorldConnect. The minute your work gets into public domain, you have lost all control. Even with all my warnings, I still see my typographical errors posted all over the net. Naturally it is impossible to get them corrected. I work full time on my research and make corrections daily. You can not make corrections once it is burned to a CD-Rom. I have had people sign on to my website and tell me I have an "error" because my data conflicts with some FTM CD. People who do not understand how and where FTM gets their data assume the CDs are accurate. Nola nduffy@patch.net http://www.patch.net

You are absolutely positively right! Nola Duffy wrote: > I have always had my own internet domain for that very > reason. I also have a very strong warning on my webpages > that I do not want to see any of my research, or the > research of those who have contributed their data, posted > on a FTM website, an Ancestry.com webpage or even Rootsweb > WorldConnect. The minute your work gets into public domain, > you have lost all control. Even with all my warnings, I > still see my typographical errors posted all over the net. > Naturally it is impossible to get them corrected. > > I work full time on my research and make corrections daily. > You can not make corrections once it is burned to a CD-Rom. > I have had people sign on to my website and tell me I have > an "error" because my data conflicts with some FTM CD. > People who do not understand how and where FTM gets their > data assume the CDs are accurate. > > Nola > nduffy@patch.net > http://www.patch.net > > ==== TNWILSON Mailing List ==== > The Wilson County Genealogy Depot > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs/ > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs">The Wilson Co. Depot</A>