List, Ric & Duane: What is the point of genealogical study and writings if they cannot be shared? MOST folks that write these are doing so to share this information for study and advancement of "the cause". Hoarding and hiding genealogical information does no one any good and if proper credit is given, it should be shared. I personally have bought genealogical books because the information was shared with me first and I wanted to have the original in my own library and also to see what else might be in there that would advance my own personal study. Where do people think the LDS get all their data? Even though all this information will someday be available on the internet, books are not going out of style and will still be sold. After all, most genealogical information, including cemetery information, is public record to begin with. Just another person's opinion, Lynda ---------- > From: duanewin <duanewin@gateway.net> > To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXWILLIA] Cemetery Records > Date: Saturday, November 04, 2000 10:23 PM > > Ric; > I have seen where people give data from published book which is copyrighted > and have gotten the impression that as long as credit for the source is > given, > it seem to be OK