True Barb. I work hard and post for my family I have found or has found me. If someone wants to steal it it is on thier conscience. not mine. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "alohajones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:48 PM Subject: Sharing your data - - with a grain of salt > Hello Barbara, I thought your response - your explanation - of the way many or most of us "do" genealogy was very good. I echo your thoughts. RON > 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 > > > > > > ==== 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 >