Hi Deborah,
Almost anything that is posted on the Internet is likely to be used
by someone else. But the alternative is going back to doing
genealogy the old fashioned way. When I've complained about fee for
service sites, I was politely reminded that it would cost far more
than the annual subscription to travel to all the destinations to
accumulate all that data. I can't dispute that.
I think people who have invested many years and gone to the great
expense of privately collecting data are the main source of
objections to freely sharing their work. The only thing I've been
able to do is encourage them to write a book so they will have the
copyright protection they desire and allow us to mention the book as
a resource for additional information. So far -- no books...
I cringe at the thought of the valuable information that will be lost
when they die without having shared the information or made proper
plans for its distribution. We've all heard horror stories about
kids coming in and throwing out all the old documents and even
throwing out family Bibles.
It's just sad that all their work could ultimately be in vain, simply
because they weren't comfortable sharing.
Perhaps you could begin a discussion about including family history
research in wills. And what institutions will accept research. Our
local library has just made the decision that they will no longer
accept genealogical papers from an estate. They will accept
books. They don't have to be professionally published.
Rel@ively,
Patrice
At 9/24/2011 03:00 AM, Deborah Byrd wrote:
I have been talking to some of my listers about getting things posted
the the
county websites.? She is very tight with the main group of
researcher for that
area here is what she says "Not to many posting on web anymore. They
say their
information is stolen and they have to pay when they want anything."? Just
thought that I would pass that on to all you all incase you are running into
some of the same things.