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<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>Nancy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=828002703-23112004>How is she
claiming "it" is hers? I know you are upset about this,<SPAN
class=937454903-23112004> but I really see no problem. I really think there is a
"failure to communicate" here.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><SPAN
class=937454903-23112004>I looked at the websites you mentioned, and found (when
I downloaded a gedcom) that she had put your message in "notes" as the source
for her information. No foul there! That is "good scholarship"! On
one of the sites, referenced in the gedcom notes, (<A
href="http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2670054&id=I4356">http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2670054&id=I4356</A>)
she has the family listed, to which you have added a "post-em" note. Hers
information was dated 2003, yours, 2004. It looks to me as though both of you
came to at least some of the information independently.
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><SPAN
class=937454903-23112004></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>I haven't
got any of my "stuff" on world connect, or other sites, but I did <slap my
face> send a disk with my "tree", much of it not verified, including some
living people, to FTM when they first started. It wound up, of course,
on <SPAN class=937454903-23112004>cds</SPAN>. Now, some (non-relative)
person has added it to the Salt Lake City information base. So, what to
do? (a) nothing; (b) apologies to those relatives who wound up on the disk; (c)
raise hell. Hmmm. I guess (b) would be my choice. And, of course,
selectively post the correct information (since "proved") to the appropriate
websites<SPAN class=937454903-23112004>, since this was a really early "take" on
my family</SPAN>. Which reminds me. I have posted "queries", with
"unproven" information many times. If some relative/calabash-relative wants to
use it, too bad for them, unless they use it to begin a research journey
themselves<SPAN class=937454903-23112004>, which is what I do with most
"queries" and "family trees" posted on the internet, or in books, monographs,
etc.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>This just goes to
show that we all make these mistakes. And no, you probably can't "take it back".
But I do have to say, in my (never) humble opinion, none of us *owns* the
information. Think about it. Where did you get it? Did you *steal* it? I doubt
it. But someone, somewhere, could probably make a good case. Did you ever copy
an obituary from a newspaper? Copy dates from a relative's family Bible? Did you
ask permission to copy and post to the internet? Do you have the source for
every piece of information attached to it every time you share it with someone?
Did the person that you got it from? Is some, or all of this information
available from census documents and other sources?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>This hobby is
about sharing, not about owning. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Now, when someone
steals my soon-to-be copyrighted "solution" to a Virginia<SPAN
class=937454903-23112004> family</SPAN> myth, I'll be yelling, because it
took quite a bit of research to figure it out. But, if the person who gave me
the first *clue* should decide to take ownership of my copyright, let me tell
you, the National Basketball Association ain't seen nothin' yet!
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<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><SPAN class=937454903-23112004><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2>I'm thinking that she may be a good person to collaborate
with, so if you can possibly resolve this, you may be
ahead.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004></SPAN><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828002703-23112004><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>Pa<SPAN
class=937454903-23112004>t </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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