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From: "Elissa Scalise Powell, CG" <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] BCG Standard #1
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:12:34 -0500
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Yes, many selfish people out there... and people with entitlement issues. I
knew a "day book" of my husband's ancestor from the late 1700s Pittsburgh
was at our local Historical Society but did not copy it years ago when I
first saw it. I went back recently and it is gone. They know who took it.
Even turned up with police on the guy's front door. He made a comment about
how it was his family and he didn't know what it was doing in the historical
library. That book probably held clues I will now never see.

Standard 1 is a good standard of practice to follow!
"Materials (published, unpublished, microfilmed, photographic, and original)
are handled with careful regard for their preservation and availability for
future researchers."

-- Elissa

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG
www.PowellGenealogy.com
CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for
Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
after periodic evaluations by the Board.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Jacqueline Wilson
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 3:39 PM
>
> To me, this also means no stealing from the library or wherever, so
> that the material will be there for the next person. This seems so obvious
> and yet . . . there are many selfish people out there
.

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