Thank you Earl. That's a very good suggestion. The letter is aimed at Randy Willis, whose site is at www.randywillis.org/. Unless he has moved it, he has my material at http://www.randywillis.org/relationship.html under his own name as if he created it. He conveniently left off the copyright notice at the end. My original material is at http://wymple.gs.net/~longstrt/consangu.html Thanks for your suggestion, John New Orleans ------------------------ Earl Willis wrote: > > 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 > >