Since this list is filled with Mr. Willis'....it might be a good idea John if you specify to whom your charges are leveled. earl m. willis ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <longstrt@gs.net> To: <WILLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: A possible thief > Dear Mr. Willis, > > Recently I chastised you for trying to steal my file "Consanguinity" > (http://wymple.gs.net/~longstrt/consangu.html) and pass it off as your > own creation. > > I'm glad to see that you have removed the title from the main page of > your website and I am pleased that you like it so much that you would > like to claim credit for it. > > However, I have just checked your site and find that you have merely > hidden it away there as "relationship" with your own name blazoned > across the top, as if it were something of your own doing. You and > I both know that you had absolutely nothing at all to do with any > part of it. > > Willis is an old an honorable family and we look down on those who would > practice perfidy. Especially any who would like to claim kin with us. > > I have looked at the available record of Joseph Willis, the Negro slave > from whom you claim descent, and who my ancestor, John Willis, set free. > Nowhere do I find even a smudge on his character, certainly not that of > "thief". > > You are not a thief are you Mr. Willis? Then don't act like one. > Remove completely, once and for all, any remnant of my file > "Consanguinity" > from your website. As clearly indicated, the file is copyrighted and > you have no > right to it whatsoever. > > You also owe an apology to the family at large for such a breach of > faith. > > As with everyone on the Internet, you are free to link to the site as > often as > you like. Nonetheless, it is not yours. You do not have permission to > copy the file onto your site and try to claim it as your own. You are > wrong > in trying to do so. > > Regards, > John Rhymes > New Orleans > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >