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From: "Jan Curtis" <>
Subject: Re: [Boyd] COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:13:27 -0700
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That's the problem I've seen with Internet genealogy...just accepting what
is on-line.


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Subject: Re: [Boyd] COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY


> Seems obvious to me that these people didn't know much about their
> families if they accepted the coats of arms and names as their own
> without question.
>
> On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:54 PM, Jan Curtis wrote:
>
>> Thanks Rich - I don't believe any genealogy information, unless I have
>> original documentation. I don't trust other people's research, for the
>> most part.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:43 PM
>> Subject: [Boyd] COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY
>>
>>
>>
>>> COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY. "The suit, filed in Arapahoe County
>>> District Court against Maxwell MacMaster and his company, Morphcorp
>>> LLC,
>>> seeks to cease the operation and penalize him up to $2,000 per book
>>> sold, which could amount to $300 million," according to the Denver
>>> Post.
>>>
>>> The suit claims 150,000 people nationwide were swindled out of $49.95
>>> each when they bought a book with fake family histories from Morphcorp
>>> of Denver. People who bought these genealogical "yearbooks" got the
>>> same
>>> family coat of arms, the same family recipes and even the same family
>>> jokes, according to a lawsuit, which was filed in late November.
>>>
>>> Consumers with complaints regarding Morphcorp or the "Family Yearbook"
>>> may call the Colorado Consumer Line toll-free 1-800-222-4444 (in
>>> Colorado) or 1-800-332-2071 (out of state) or may download a complaint
>>> form from: http://www.ago.state.co.us/consline/complaint.pdf
>>>
>>> For more information see the press release at the Colorado Attorney
>>> General's website:
>>> http://www.ago.state.co.us/press_detail.cfm?pressID=733
>>> and read the newspaper article at:
>>> http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3247588
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