I agree with you on this. I also have had many contacts from having my file on worldconnect, and am gaining in knowledge almost daily from these contacts. Kay >From: Barbara Pike <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected]b.com >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) >Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:38:12 -0500 > >James, and all... > >I have heard that ftm does something like this... > >I have never understood why *anyone* would purchase the stuff from FTM, >when it >is just a collection of files submitted by people.. most of the info that >you >can get for free on rootsweb or by querying on message forums, etc. > >Whenever you gather data like this, you should always "take it with a grain >of >salt"...and try to confirm sources, etc. > >I have my gedcom on rootsweb world connect. I also have a family tree >maker >homepage. > >As far as others profitting from my hard work.... well... if the only way >that I >can keep that from happening, is not putting what I have found out there, >for >others to find me... then, for me, it's an acceptable trade off. I gave >found >many cousins, and many have found me, because when they do a search, they >find >me from what I have put out there on the web. > >I guess if I was a hardcore researcher, who had personally documented every >bit >of the data that I had... had spent years in courthouses and libraries.... >then >I would feel differently. I would be more "possessive" or protective of my >hard >work... and probably publish a book. But, much of what I have gathered, I >have >gathered off the web, from others; from world connect, from message forums, >from >ftm, from ancestry.com. I am sure that I have some erroneous info...and I >have >that on my gedcom...that you should try to verify the info yourself. I >have >tried with my most direct lines, to find sources and documentation (and >direct >descendants) that can verify or confirm what I have gathered. > >I also have on my gedcom a request that if you know of any additions or >corrections to my "work" that you notify me. I don't want to knowingly >publish >incorrect data... > >So, in this age of computers... it must be a decision we have to make. >When you >put something on the web, it's out there for people to "steal". If what >you >have is something that you don't want "stolen", then you shouldn't put it >out >there. > >Barb > > > >James McIlroy wrote: > > > Barbara and ALL: > > Be advised that anything you put on a FamilyTree Maker site, whether in > > Gedcom form or photo's or text is usually copied by FTM, and that >material > > becomes the CD information that is sold back to you at ridiculously >inflated > > prices. A lot of people lately on other lists have been raising this >issue > > with FTM, and the response from FTM has been less than responsive. So, >if > > you do not mind someone else taking your hard work and profiting off of >it, > > at your expense, then feel free to use FTM, or some of the other sites >to > > include Rootsweb then by all means use them. But, know anything you put >out > > there is fair game for them to resell, documented or undocumented. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Barbara Pike" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 1:50 AM > > Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > > > > > John... I went to your familytreemaker site, and it was very nice. >You've > > done a wonderful job of putting your family history and photos on your >site! > > > Congratulations! > > > > > > I would be happy to also put your photos on the Hill Co. Site. When >you > > send them to me, also include whatever info you'd like included. > > > > > > Barbara > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > My ancestors (Gathings and Stevens) settled around the Covington and > > Oceola > > > > areas of Hill County. I have created a Web Site for the descendants >of > > these > > > > early pioneers of Texas and Hill County. > > > > Feel free to visit the following web site and see some of these > > pictures, > > > > reports, and documents. > > > > > > > > <A > > >HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/t/e/John-D-Stevens/index.html"> > > Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Stevens Family >of > > > > Hill</A> > > > > > > > > John D. Stevens > > > > Houston, Tx. > > > > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > > > > Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > > > > Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > > > > Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > >==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== >Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html >Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 >Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
My great-great-grandpa marr. twice. 9 kids with the first, 10 with the second, which is my line. I hunted for yrs for desc. of the 9 and it took getting a computer and whaddayknow! 2 wrote me!! Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Harper" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > I agree with you on this. I also have had many contacts from > having my file on worldconnect, and am gaining in knowledge almost > daily from these contacts. > Kay > > > >From: Barbara Pike <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > >Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:38:12 -0500 > > > >James, and all... > > > >I have heard that ftm does something like this... > > > >I have never understood why *anyone* would purchase the stuff from FTM, > >when it > >is just a collection of files submitted by people.. most of the info that > >you > >can get for free on rootsweb or by querying on message forums, etc. > > > >Whenever you gather data like this, you should always "take it with a grain > >of > >salt"...and try to confirm sources, etc. > > > >I have my gedcom on rootsweb world connect. I also have a family tree > >maker > >homepage. > > > >As far as others profitting from my hard work.... well... if the only way > >that I > >can keep that from happening, is not putting what I have found out there, > >for > >others to find me... then, for me, it's an acceptable trade off. I gave > >found > >many cousins, and many have found me, because when they do a search, they > >find > >me from what I have put out there on the web. > > > >I guess if I was a hardcore researcher, who had personally documented every > >bit > >of the data that I had... had spent years in courthouses and libraries.... > >then > >I would feel differently. I would be more "possessive" or protective of my > >hard > >work... and probably publish a book. But, much of what I have gathered, I > >have > >gathered off the web, from others; from world connect, from message forums, > >from > >ftm, from ancestry.com. I am sure that I have some erroneous info...and I > >have > >that on my gedcom...that you should try to verify the info yourself. I > >have > >tried with my most direct lines, to find sources and documentation (and > >direct > >descendants) that can verify or confirm what I have gathered. > > > >I also have on my gedcom a request that if you know of any additions or > >corrections to my "work" that you notify me. I don't want to knowingly > >publish > >incorrect data... > > > >So, in this age of computers... it must be a decision we have to make. > >When you > >put something on the web, it's out there for people to "steal". If what > >you > >have is something that you don't want "stolen", then you shouldn't put it > >out > >there. > > > >Barb > > > > > > > >James McIlroy wrote: > > > > > Barbara and ALL: > > > Be advised that anything you put on a FamilyTree Maker site, whether in > > > Gedcom form or photo's or text is usually copied by FTM, and that > >material > > > becomes the CD information that is sold back to you at ridiculously > >inflated > > > prices. A lot of people lately on other lists have been raising this > >issue > > > with FTM, and the response from FTM has been less than responsive. So, > >if > > > you do not mind someone else taking your hard work and profiting off of > >it, > > > at your expense, then feel free to use FTM, or some of the other sites > >to > > > include Rootsweb then by all means use them. But, know anything you put > >out > > > there is fair game for them to resell, documented or undocumented. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Barbara Pike" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 1:50 AM > > > Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > > > > > > > John... I went to your familytreemaker site, and it was very nice. > >You've > > > done a wonderful job of putting your family history and photos on your > >site! > > > > Congratulations! > > > > > > > > I would be happy to also put your photos on the Hill Co. Site. When > >you > > > send them to me, also include whatever info you'd like included. > > > > > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > My ancestors (Gathings and Stevens) settled around the Covington and > > > Oceola > > > > > areas of Hill County. I have created a Web Site for the descendants > >of > > > these > > > > > early pioneers of Texas and Hill County. > > > > > Feel free to visit the following web site and see some of these > > > pictures, > > > > > reports, and documents. > > > > > > > > > > <A > > > > >HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/t/e/John-D-Stevens/index.html" > > > > Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Stevens Family > >of > > > > > Hill</A> > > > > > > > > > > John D. Stevens > > > > > Houston, Tx. > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > > > > > Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > > > > > Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > > > > > Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > > > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > >==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > >Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > >Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > >Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > > >============================== > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. 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I have a Robert J Stevens m/ Eliza Ann Beaty m/Feb 24 1879. Is this anyone's line? I can't find a trace of them, I also have their marriage certificate thanks Lisa ps great job on the website. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Parrish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:50 PM Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > My great-great-grandpa marr. twice. 9 kids with the first, 10 with the > second, which is my line. I hunted for yrs for desc. of the 9 and it took > getting a computer and whaddayknow! 2 wrote me!! Teresa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kay Harper" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:58 PM > Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > > > > I agree with you on this. I also have had many contacts from > > having my file on worldconnect, and am gaining in knowledge almost > > daily from these contacts. > > Kay > > > > > > >From: Barbara Pike <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > > >Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:38:12 -0500 > > > > > >James, and all... > > > > > >I have heard that ftm does something like this... > > > > > >I have never understood why *anyone* would purchase the stuff from FTM, > > >when it > > >is just a collection of files submitted by people.. most of the info that > > >you > > >can get for free on rootsweb or by querying on message forums, etc. > > > > > >Whenever you gather data like this, you should always "take it with a > grain > > >of > > >salt"...and try to confirm sources, etc. > > > > > >I have my gedcom on rootsweb world connect. I also have a family tree > > >maker > > >homepage. > > > > > >As far as others profitting from my hard work.... well... if the only way > > >that I > > >can keep that from happening, is not putting what I have found out there, > > >for > > >others to find me... then, for me, it's an acceptable trade off. I gave > > >found > > >many cousins, and many have found me, because when they do a search, they > > >find > > >me from what I have put out there on the web. > > > > > >I guess if I was a hardcore researcher, who had personally documented > every > > >bit > > >of the data that I had... had spent years in courthouses and > libraries.... > > >then > > >I would feel differently. I would be more "possessive" or protective of > my > > >hard > > >work... and probably publish a book. But, much of what I have gathered, > I > > >have > > >gathered off the web, from others; from world connect, from message > forums, > > >from > > >ftm, from ancestry.com. I am sure that I have some erroneous info...and I > > >have > > >that on my gedcom...that you should try to verify the info yourself. I > > >have > > >tried with my most direct lines, to find sources and documentation (and > > >direct > > >descendants) that can verify or confirm what I have gathered. > > > > > >I also have on my gedcom a request that if you know of any additions or > > >corrections to my "work" that you notify me. I don't want to knowingly > > >publish > > >incorrect data... > > > > > >So, in this age of computers... it must be a decision we have to make. > > >When you > > >put something on the web, it's out there for people to "steal". If what > > >you > > >have is something that you don't want "stolen", then you shouldn't put it > > >out > > >there. > > > > > >Barb > > > > > > > > > > > >James McIlroy wrote: > > > > > > > Barbara and ALL: > > > > Be advised that anything you put on a FamilyTree Maker site, whether > in > > > > Gedcom form or photo's or text is usually copied by FTM, and that > > >material > > > > becomes the CD information that is sold back to you at ridiculously > > >inflated > > > > prices. A lot of people lately on other lists have been raising this > > >issue > > > > with FTM, and the response from FTM has been less than responsive. So, > > >if > > > > you do not mind someone else taking your hard work and profiting off > of > > >it, > > > > at your expense, then feel free to use FTM, or some of the other sites > > >to > > > > include Rootsweb then by all means use them. But, know anything you > put > > >out > > > > there is fair game for them to resell, documented or undocumented. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Barbara Pike" <[email protected]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 1:50 AM > > > > Subject: Re: Photo site (Stevens Family of Hill Co) > > > > > > > > > John... I went to your familytreemaker site, and it was very nice. > > >You've > > > > done a wonderful job of putting your family history and photos on your > > >site! > > > > > Congratulations! > > > > > > > > > > I would be happy to also put your photos on the Hill Co. Site. When > > >you > > > > send them to me, also include whatever info you'd like included. > > > > > > > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > My ancestors (Gathings and Stevens) settled around the Covington > and > > > > Oceola > > > > > > areas of Hill County. I have created a Web Site for the > descendants > > >of > > > > these > > > > > > early pioneers of Texas and Hill County. > > > > > > Feel free to visit the following web site and see some of these > > > > pictures, > > > > > > reports, and documents. > > > > > > > > > > > > <A > > > > > > > >HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/t/e/John-D-Stevens/index.html" > > > > > > Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Stevens > Family > > >of > > > > > > Hill</A> > > > > > > > > > > > > John D. Stevens > > > > > > Houston, Tx. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > > > > > > Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > > > > > > Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > > > > > > Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > > > > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > >==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > > >Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > > >Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > > >Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > > > > >============================== > > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > > Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > > Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > > Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://homepages.go.com/~disco77/HillTx.html > Photosite by Barb: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293428835 > Obits: http://www//.zing.com/ablum/?id=4292931921 > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com