I have received the messages about Family Treemaker selling information on
at least 4 of the mail lists I belong to.
What in the world are you people so riled up about?
I have used Family Treemaker for several years and they have made no bones
about the fact that information that is submitted to them will be included
on CD's and such.
I consider that I am paying for the convenience of being able to easily
locate what I am looking for, their time in indexing everything and such. I
do not feel I am paying for information. At no time have they misrepresented
anything. I work full time, have a serious illness, and am involved in other
groups in my community. I don't have unlimited time to search for hours to
find information that Family Treemaker or other sites have located and can
guide me to in a few minutes.
As for incorrect information----
Anyone who has done genealogy for more than an hour knows that everyones
data base has some flaws in it. I have found flaws in information submitted
to the Daughters of the American Revolution as well as information that I
have recerived directly from another researcher.
I have received corrections to my data base from others that I have shared
it with and consider they are doing me a favor by calling it to my
attention.
If you choose not to do business with Family Treemaker then don't but please
stop this unfair campaign. I heard nothing in the postings that I did not
receive directly from Family Treemaker themselves.
Roberta Wunder