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From: "Don S. Herring" <>
Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] vultures
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 07:59:34 -0500


>At 07:06 AM 8/3/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, I've just had the chance to read some of the comments on
>'piracy'. I've always
>felt that
>
>"much can be accomplished if we care little for who gets the credit"

My sentiments exactly!!! Who cares how their family history is preserved
or who gets the credit for the information as long as the desired result is
achieved, to save the history and memories of those in your family that
have gone before so that they will not be forgotten by those that come
after....
I feel that if you feel the need so terribly to be "credited" with finding
out your g.g.g.grandfathers brothers wife's maiden name....you probably
need to think about another hobby. Like writing a book and producing some
REAL original material.


At 07:06 AM 8/3/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, I've just had the chance to read some of the comments on
>'piracy'. I've always
>felt that
>
>"much can be accomplished if we care little for who gets the credit"
>
>Let me present, for argument's sake, another side of this 'piracy'
>coin. There are
>some folks in this business, I've noticed , who want credit for
>everything, even
>public documents they submit. Often , it's easy to surmise that they want
>credit
>for EVERYTHING, and they perhaps enjoy seeing their name in print.
>
>My opinion is this: let the vultures/lazy folks/thieves - whatever
>epithet you want
>to assign to these folks - carry on with a minimum of handwringing on your
>part....
>I suspect it's most times a matter of ease (laziness you might say) rather
>than
>thievery when they use other's work without due credit. I, for one am
>happy to see
>the wonderful information shared on this list and other internet sources -
>credited
>or otherwise. If I happen to pass some information on without giving
>credit to the
>person who shared it, please don't hang me... it wasn't intentional, I
>promise and
>was not meant to take away YOUR CREDIT!! I would guess that the majority
>of us are
>very grateful for information we glean from genealogy sources, and
>certainly do not
>mean to take away any credit due you...
>
>
>Another thing to consider is that many sources do NOT want their names
>attached as
>credit to information. I've passed on much information to my family and
>friends
>with the caveat NOT TO USE MY NAME!!!
>
>You can do one of two things with genealogy. 1) Share it and run the risk
>of seeing
>it later WITHOUT CREDIT TO YOU or 2) hoard it to noone's benefit.
>
>I'll be the first to admit the frustration of giving information freely
>and then
>have to pay to get it back, as was the case with one of the
>listers. But I doubt
>this happens very much. No one should have to pay for genealogy, unless
>you hire a
>professional genealogist!
>
>I do understand that one's hard work should be acknowledged. But for reasons
>mentioned above, sometimes this doesn't happen, and I hope you can be more
>forgiving
>of others' genealogical foibles.
>
>Robert Carnegie

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