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Subject: Re: [Ethics] right to privacy (was Posting)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 22:40:16 EDT
In a message dated 4/9/02 10:06:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> most people, I think, go through a learning curve, and eventually
> become sceptical of gedcoms, particularly those without any cites. At any
> given time there are people at various point on this curve, learning as
they
> go. I do think the experienced genealogists do help, not with threats of
> lawsuits, but by adminstering message boards and lists, contributing to
> newletters, answering questions. I see a great deal of assistance given
> freely to help beginners.
Joan-
Very, very well said. I would only add one teensy little comment. In my
opinion, If you have done research on a line and are confident of your work,
the best way to see that your accurate and complete genealogical information
gets "out there" on WorldConnect/AWT, GenCircles, etc., is to post your own
database--rather than complaining about other incorrect information that is
there.
As has already been pointed out, when you do a search on a name you will get
*all* of the "hits" on that name--so anyone looking at them all you will have
the correct information--provided of course, it is there.
Joan
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