I am on some of the lists this is going to and not on others. All the above are getting the same messages I have rec'd "flaming" <SNIP>"The World Genealogy Archives" (not be confused with USGenWeb!!) TWGA is located at: <http://oasis.slcc.edu/search/> Maintained by a (description snipped out) named Matt Roller.<END SNIP> I THOUGHT the purpose of these lists are to share. At ANYTIME ANYONE posts any information to ANY list and/or Webpage the person posting it should realize it can and will be copied by someone, sometime. If they wanted the information to be kept secret and not shared why was it posted in the first place? I have often thought how wonderful it would be if there was a central location to search where EACH original owner of the info was given credit for it. I do not know if Matt Roller gave the original researchers credit or not. IF he did not, DID ANYONE THINK OF ASKING HOM TO LIST CREDITS? I accessed http://oasis.slcc.edu/search/ and found the message below: (COPIED!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the World Genealogy archive. These archives were created to be used as a free source of information to all genealogists to aid them in their research. These pages are down at the moment, until any files that do not belong here are removed. ALL requested files are/have been removed, and others are being looked into. If you would like to read some success stories in the mean time visit the Guestbook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After reading the guestbook, I'd say that those of us who are interested in researching AND sharing have lost out. I know I will receive many "Flames". It is OK with me if you would rather write a nasty letter to and about me than to search for information about your family. I will hit "DELETE" on them, just as I did for all the "Flames" and all other messages that did not concern me, until I found out that some complainers have probally shut down what might have been a valuable site to others. Thank you for your time and consideration, Rena Anderson Pittman rena@rapidramp.com searching for: ANDERSON, BEAVERS, BRACKIN (BRACKEN), GARRISON, GILBERT, GLAZNER, HAMPTON, KITCHEN(S), LEE, McCLANAHAN, PAYNE, STAGGS, SWINT, WOOD, and others.