Dear Cousins and Fellow Genealogists,
Please read these three important messages and take note. I will still use
Gen Forum but will add sources and be very careful of what I put on it. It
is almost like "Big Brother is watching and waiting to see what you have"
and then stealing it for resale!! I do not use FamilyTree Maker anymore!
Except for reading their CDs. I'm afraid of hitting the wrong button again
and sending them all my research. Also when resending this I've been told
that if you forward it to your addy first then you can delete any addresses
and extra business that adds to the length. You have to hit the forward
button first and then delete. It's just one more way to protect our privacy
and that of others. I have done so with this message.
Please be careful and list sources for your documentation on any BBS. Linda
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:59:57 -0700 (MST)
From: Linda Hannah <Jamila(a)thuntek.net>
Subject: Fw: Important about GenForum
>Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:09:28 -0700
>X-Original-Sender: mrbil1(a)juno.com Sun Mar 25 12:09:28 2001
>Old-To: STONER-L(a)rootsweb.com, SCHNORF-L(a)rootsweb.com
>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:12:38 -0500
>Subject: Fw: Important about GenForum
>From: William A Harrison <mrbil1(a)juno.com>
>To: STONER-L(a)rootsweb.com
>X-Mailing-List: <STONER-L(a)rootsweb.com> archive/latest/
>
>Greetings to all of you faithful subscribers to the two lists that I
>sponsor.
>
>I have just received the enclosed msg from a list which I subscribe to,
>and the subject matter contained therein seemed important enough to pass
>along to each of you.
>
>As it is so stated, this is being shared as a "heads-up" about the
>quality of the information that you may find available from sources such
>as those identified, and I will not offer my personal opinion other than
>that this is not the first time that someone has informed me that
>information from individual researchers has been "recycled" by certain
>groups without the submitter's permission and made available for purchase
>to any and all comers who might think that what they are buying is indeed
>well sourced and accurate information.
>
>My only comment would be to think twice before spending your hard earned
>cash for something unless you do only want to review it to see if there
>might be something of value there for you. You have NO guarantee that
>such information has ANY authenticity. You would be well advised to
>verify any such obtained information before adding it to your personal
>compilations and you should be very careful to note your source so that
>those following you could understand that the information is possibly, at
>best, just a clue.
>
>I personally prefer to communicate directly with other family researchers
>for the purpose of mutual exchange of positively known to be correct
>information, rather than spending my time gathering information from
>unknown and/or unverified sources.
>
>ANY information CAN be good information, but ALL information that I come
>across can AND DOES frequently contain errors.
>
>Proceed accordingly. Note your sources for all information that you
>enter into your personal compilations. You will undoubtedly have a need
>to check them against future information that you come across. When two
>(or more) entries differ, you need to be able to select which is the
>better accounting of the REAL fact. And then add a note identifying
>ALL of the other variations and their sources. A subsequent discovery
>may well cause you to need to change your primary record. Yes, it does
>happen.
>
>In closing, everyone should remember that there is a reason that the
>study of your family history is called RESEARCH and not REVELATION. You
>may not discover the correct information in the first place you look!
>So....... you need to ALWAYS remember to keep LQQKING!
>
>William A. "Bill" Harrison MRBIL1(a)JUNO.COM
>Chairman of the Coles Co, IL Genealogical Society's "Pioneer Certificate
>Project"
>Sponsor of the STONER and SCHNORF mailing lists on Rootsweb
>
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>
>From: "Terry Ross" <str900(a)your-net.com>
>To: OHWARREN-L(a)rootsweb.com
>Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:45:47 -0500
>Subject: Important about GenForum
>
>Ethics
>
>Hi everyone. this came as a message from the listowner for the
>Rockingham,
>New Hamspshire list that I belong to. I thought everyone ought to see
>what is
>going on. Mr. Marston has asked that we send this along to the lists we
>belong to so I am doing so. Please read the whole message to see what is
>going on. I think at the very least we ought to take it as a warning and
>a
>reminder that not all we find is correct information and just use it as a
>tool to
>look further.
>
>Lee Neilsen in Eastern Utah
>mailto:lloydi@ubtanet.com">lloydi@ubtanet.com</A>
>*************************
>Dick Marston wrote:
>
>Listers:
>
>I have naively included a link to GenForum for those wishing to post
>and respond to Rockingham and Marston surname queries. Furthermore,
>I have innocently posted several responses on those forums. Today, I
>have amended the link on Rockingham's Queries Index Page to read as
>follows:
>
>**If you want still another place to search and post, try the Rockingham
>County message board on [
genforum.genealogy.com/nh/rockingham/ ]
>WARNING!! Any information which you share on GenForum's message
>boards may be copied by
Genealogy.com [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and
>sold by them for profit either as data included on a monthly/annual
>subscription or as a CD for purchase. Much of this information is totally
>unreliable. Caveat emptor [Buyer beware]. In order to see what, if any,
>information
Genealogy.com has acquired from your voluntary contributions,
>you will first need to subscribe to their service available to paying
>members only.**
>
>I am SO angry I could spit!! Until I started checking up on this fiasco
>about my father's pedigree, I had NO clue that
Genealogy.com was
>doing this. I want to declare WAR! I can't get through to their leaders,
>but I sure would like to get through to their potential customers and
>unwitting voluntary contributors.
>
>Please feel free to copy and paste [or send] this warning wherever,
>or to whomever, you think might do the most good. You may post it as
>your own message or as a quote from me, whichever you prefer. Your help
>will be greatly appreciated.
>
>------END OF FORWARDED MESSAGE----- mrbill
>
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