Barbara probably has the best family site on the web and it has always been
factual and free and I did not mean to imply any connection with
Geneology.com which does own FTM. I mean to contiue the photos and will
simply find a way of securing them by either moving them or password
protecting them and posting the password on this great list. I found out
about the
Geneology.com thing when I started to post a reply of what used to
be the rootsweb forum. It asked me to sign up with
Geneology.com for free
use of the forum. I think not as I fear an inundation of email from those
folks. So if you want you can still read the postings there but to reply you
will have to sign up (albeit) free with that commercial organization which I
once joined and found very little of value that I cannot find free.
That is just my opinion some may find it worthwhile.
At any rate Barbara has done a marvelous job and all on a voluntary basis
and we should all thank her.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: <TFarris268(a)aol.com>
To: <CAMP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [CAMP-L] commericialization
The Camp Family Web Site at Rootsweb ( <A
HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genlady">Camp Family
Web
Site</A> ) is not owned by
Genealogy.com nor is this Camp mail list. I own both the Camp Family
web
site and this Camp mail list. No one can take them from me.
We are not associated with
GenForum.com,
Genealogy.com nor any other
organization. Larry, I thought the photos were on your site at
geocities.com
and I just link to them. If the photo's are in danger, then they
can be
added directly to the Camp site.
The Camp Family web site is absolutely free, I have spent my last 20 years
building it to what it is today. I will never allow this information to be
commercialized by anyone.
Barbara Farris
Carrie Camp Memorial Library
<A
HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genlady">Camp Family
Web Site</A>
> I was not aware until recently that the Camp forum was run by
>
Geneology.com a commercial enterprise. While I will remain a member of
this
> list I will neither post nor answer queiries posted on the
forum. I
strongly
> believe in a free exchange of information and will contribute to
this
list
> as much as possible. I am disappointed at the commericialization
of
> geneology on the net. They have taken photos that I have posted and are
> selling them on CD's. For that reason, I will no longer post pictures
even
> for this great site. I will continue to exchange information I
have with
> members of the Camp rootsweb list, but please understand my reluctance
at
> furthering profit for
geneology.com.
>