Dear list members: After reading my message to the list I wanted to make something very clear and that is that Wilford is my friend and it wasn't anything he did that made me take my web page down. It was that he opened my eyes to something that was happening - not with my website - and after taking the time to look into the situation I felt it best to take the page down and only put it back if I found a more workable situation. Wilford is one great gentleman that has given so much of himself and his work and has helped me asking nothing in return. (My apologizes Wilford - like I open my mouth and insert my foot.) It seems that I have such a serious tone when I write and that isn't my intentions - back to school Carolyn!!! Thank you for your care and encouragement. You really are a great group of people!!! It is my intentions to work on the database - update the information - get some warnings on the pages in RED - and then let those who want information to take it at their own risk <smile>. Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson honey@texasol.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn Wilkerson <honey@texasol.com> To: <WOOLSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 7:47 PM Subject: Phoney Lineages and Forged Documents > Several weeks ago I subscribed to the Rootsweb's Ethics Mailing List to see > what the pros had to say. Last week I took my website down - guess that > will tell you what I learned. Please don't think I am saying that anyone > else do the same!! I just realized (after my buddy Wilford whispered in my > ear) that I needed to stop passing along bad information. > > To my defense please know that my intention was honorable in believing that > by putting the information on the website that others would notify me that > my information was wrong; that it might become a directory site for > researchers to contact other researchers of their family line; and to give > me pleasure in putting as many Woolsey's on the tree as possible. > > Results of my efforts: > Some people did write in and give me the correct information. > Many people added information. > Many people found their place on the tree. > Many people took information and gave nothing in return > Many people took information that was wrong and it has just compounded the > problem of trying to get the wrongs corrected. > > Oh well hang me - the majority of these ancestors are dead and could give a > care less while the rest of us run up our blood pressure and cause emotional > stress on our hearts trying to join them. > > My sincere apology to anyone who has obtained wrong information from me. > > >>>Following is a message from the Ethics list that I thought might be of > interest to some of you: > > Dear List, > > How many of you have heard of the case of Gustave Anjou? > > Gustave Anjou was one of America's most imfamous Genealogy forgers. > He went so far as to create from scratch, by "aging" paper and ink, false > documents, i.e. wills, deeds, marriage certificates, etc. > He ran a bogus Genealogy research firm in the early 1900s in New York City, > and charged a whopping $9000 dollars to compile a phony lineage. Anjou had > many wealthy and notable clients, including Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor of > the reaper. Some of Anjou's clients later sued, rightly charging "We Wuz > Robbed" > > Anjou's calumny was finally exposed, and he died in 1942. > > Why is his story inportant today, because despite efforts by some > professional genealogists to have the documents removed, they remain in > some > genealogy archives. > > It just so happens that I am researching one of the surnames that is in > Anjou's records. I am very concerned about this, because I've seen this > surname on the web with charts that I think may contain information from > Anjou's records- phony lineages and bogus history. > > I would like to find copies of the Anjou charts. Does anybody on the list > know anything about Gustave Anjou and his phony charts? > > Here are the URLs for more information about Anjou. > http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/fraud.htm > http://www.wf.net/~jyates/myth.htm > http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/199908/msg00040.html > www.inmind.com/people/dcooper/su98newsletter.html > > I would appreciate some feed back. > Ann <FortIII@aol.com> > <end> > > Sincerely, > Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson > honey@texasol.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >