Nance- I don't know of any way you can stop someone from going through the query boards, etc. and contacting those people-but maybe you can put a little generic something on the homepage about not supporting this actively, etc. Paula WaupacaCC >From: Nance Sampson <nsampson@spacestar.net> >Reply-To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] charging >Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:52:06 -0600 > >I'm glad the topic of 'charging' has come up. I've just gone through a >'hellish' weekend of fighting on one of my lists. Not because I charge for >lookups, but because it has become known that someone else has been >scanning the mail list and query boards and then contacting those people, >getting them all excited about the possibility of "finally getting the >information they are seeking" and then charging them $8.00 an hour >for the minimal amount of information possible. I mean, if I 'm going to >go to a courthouse and bother to look up a record, I'm gonna glean the >information off that record for the other person so they don't "have" to >order it if they don't want to, instead of just giving them the volume and >page numbers -- geez Louise! Anyway, my point is, is there a way to stop >this kind of activity? > >As for us CC's giving out our phone numbers and addresses, I don't have a >problem with that at all. On the other hand, I'd like to have the SC's >information too, in case something comes up where I could get in touch with >her! > >Great discussions! > >-- >Nance >mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net > >Shari Milks wrote: > > > The practice I've mentioned isn't just endemic to Wisconsin sites, it's >something that's going on in all the states. My lookup volunteer needed a >name of a cemetery and the name of the newpaper in an Arkansas county for >her own personal research and the cc there wanted $10.00 to supply her with >that information. What's wrong with this picture from an organization >dedicated to free genealogy information on the internet. > > Shari Milks, cc Manitowoc county > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > > Celebrate Wisconsin! > > Visit the La Crosse County WIGenWeb Project Pages > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wilacros/ > > > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Celebrate Wisconsin! >Visit the Manitowoc County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimanito/manitow.html > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com