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Giving credit where credit is due
Author: Chris Printz Date: 28 Sep 2003 4:36 PM GMT
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Has anyone ever sent someone their family tree and found out later that it was posted to a public site without giving credit for the work that you've done? This is probably my biggest "pet peeve" about giving anyone information.


Sincerely,

Chris
Warren, MI



Ancestry Message Boards - Message [ Ethics in Genealogy ]: "I am certain that the best way for you to pass on your own data after your death is to disseminate it now so a copy of a copy is OK by me even on a pay site or on World Family tree CDs - which after all help pay for this very board we use NOW.

So in conclusion take it as water off a duck's back, the more copies of your data out there, suitably privatized of course, the better the chances of some cousins finding you."