Until Virginia returns from out of state and can verify that the files
were not "harvested" or typed by Jackie H. from a published book and
submitted to the Archives, I have removed (after copying to my hard
drive) the files in:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taylor/churches/
I would also like to remind CC's that files cannot be copied from the
USGenWeb Archives without the permission of the submitters. As we have
stated since 1996, you are welcome to link to the files, which are there
permanently.
Some CC's think that data should be located at the county site.
Researchers do not care which server or where the data is located, as
long as they can find it. When the files are in the Archives, we can
help the submitters assure that the data will not be copied and sold.
When the data is located hither and yon over the Internet, with changing
CC's, the data could be lost, sold, or locked behind a fee site.
One case recently was, unknown to us, a former CC copied the Census
images from the Archives. When another person took over that county, she
copied the images over to her server, unaware that they had been copied
illegally by the former CC.
There have been many many cases of CC's leaving in a huff and removing
data.
Thank you all,
Linda