Gee Rose, I'm Marion Whitney (named after my aunt, Marion Lucy Whitney, Rockport, Maine who died at age 9 from Lockjaw as a result of an infected vaccination), but MY daughter is Andrea Carden (I'm the only one allowed to call her that --she is DREA!!--grown with three babies of her own under age 4!) I have found others with my whole gedcom tacked on to their own because of some link back in 1640 or so. Anyone who has been doing this for any length of time (I hope) regrets all the time they spent amassing information without noting sources, and makes sure that everything they do from now on is documented as thoroughly as possible. The only recourse to incorrect information is to attempt to correct it if possible, and if not possible, to let as many people as possible know that there is some erroneous material out there. So far as the blatant use of your copyrighted material, (and anything published--in fact written--is automatically copyrighted) you might add to your note to! the users that they are breaking the law and that if they do not credit your book as a source, they are liable for prosecution; a recourse you would be glad to overlook if proper measures to correct the injustice are taken. I suppose we all have to realize that people love to collect things, and that includes ancestors. Also, that some have no realization that everything that is written is not 100% correct! Enthusiasm for collection often overcomes a desire for accuracy. I am enjoying all the mailings I get from the Whitney group with the hope that someday, someone just MIGHT come up with a correction to Pierce's tome on the Whitney family (Pierce WAS enthusiastic if not always accurate) and I will be able to connect my Calvin with the rest of this great group who claim cousin-hood. In the meantime, Ancestry DOES perform a service, not quite on the level that Rootsweb does, but it DOES connect us with cousins we might otherwise not have met and/or exchanged information with! . At least that has been the case with a few of my lines. In genealogy there is never a case of having our information in too many places. But when you find glaring errors, correct them in as many spots as you can find on the web. Sincerely, Marion Whitney Leska