All the more reason to have a NN collective/collaborative arrangement for a group of trees - being proactive in getting it right. Before I put my ancestry in an Ancestry Tree last year (primarily to allow my DNA matches a place to look), I often wondered what would happen to my 35 years of research when I'm gone - probably thrown out... I'd rather share it now - while I can defend it, and/or amend it as I learn more. As for what others might do... I'd rather focus on what I can do. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Kathleen Much <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 Janean wrote: >> Ancesty I've heard then OWNS your information and people have tried to > remove it or make corrections and can't... I don't know the details > ----- > > Janean is right. Back at the dawn of the World Wide Web, before > graphic interfaces and web browsers existed,, I participated in > several genealogical bulletin boards. I made the huge mistake of > emailing a large part of my database to a fellow researcher; he > uploaded it to Ancestry *without* most of my notes and sources, and > without asking my permission. For years thereafter I kept seeing big > chunks of my database on the Internet without attribution. I could > recognize it because of the glaring--and unique-- errors that I had by > then corrected. > > I contacted Ancestry, told them of the errors and how they had got > onto the website, and asked to be cited as the source and allowed to > correct the errors. Ancestry turned me down flat. They arrogantly told > me that I could buy MY OWN MATERIAL from them on a CD at some > outrageously inflated price, and then *maybe* they would consider > letting me fix the mistakes. I declined. > > Ever since I have avoided giving Ancestry any of my research or my > money. The old flawed, outdated material is probably still > circulating. At this point I don't want any credit for it anyway. > > Beware of letting your research escape your control, especially if it > can be appropriated without attribution and sold without your consent. > Ancestry still doesn't seem to offer any protection. > > Kathleen Much >