Mea culpa, Mea culpa as usual, Tina is on her toes <g> There may be no right or wrong for the idea, but there is one NO-NO! Thanks for the alertness to my hastily scribbled note. I hadn't intended to go astray of the by-laws; just chalk this up to another of my many "senior moments" and bring on my rocking chair!!! While it does not totally answer the question as to whether or not you can/should/could list paid researchers, it sure clarifies things for me. You can link to websites of people who search for a fee. A listing of researchers in the area (free or for pay) could possibly be maintained, but of course, GET THEIR PERMISSION to post their name and address, if it is your intention to provide research assistance for people who reside out-of-state. Stepping down now, heading for my cane and rocking chair, and bottle of.........geritol! (do they still make that stuff???) Twacy Fond duh lack county WIGenWebProject@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/20/00 7:55:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > treinhardt@iosys.net writes: > > > 3. Perhaps you could SELL advertising space to those who do this for profit. > > (to pay for photocopying data for your 'free' pages.) > > To all, > > {From the by-laws} http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html > > The USGenWeb Project is an organized group of volunteers working to > create an online center for genealogical research by linking every > county in the United States. The purpose of this organization shall be > to gather genealogical and historical information for free online > access by researchers > > Solicitation of funds for personal gain is inappropriate. This is > defined as the direct appeal on the home page of any of the websites > comprising The USGenWeb Project for funding to do research, to pay for > server space, to do look-ups, etc. A website may, however, acknowledge > any entities who may host their website (i.e., provide server space at > no cost) or may include a link to a coordinator's personal page on > which they offer research services for reimbursement. The > acknowledgment may include a link to the hosting entity's website. A > website may list research materials and/or services which may be for > sale/hire, either by the coordinator, a genealogy society, or others. > Such a listing shall not be on the main web page for the site, but may > be linked from the main web page. It may be appropriate to include a > disclaimer that the coordinator and The USGenWeb Project do not > guarantee the contents of such research materials and/or the expertise > of any professional researchers. > > Tina > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Dane County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~widane/