I had an unsourced tree posted at RootsWeb for probably five years with the same expectation--having people contact me for sources--and even said so in the page headers. *No one* ever wrote although the counter I installed ticked away indicating the file had been viewed by a couple of thousand people. Finally someone pointed out that sources add credibility to your work. I switched to Legacy specifically for the sourcing capability and began including them. At that point I started getting contacts. No blizzard, but about half a dozen a year from a database of just under 10,000 names. Now I just have to work on standardizing the formatting so the citations look good as well as being credible.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: jay_inga...@pipeline.com [mailto:jay_inga...@pipeline.com] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:14 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees I created a new Legacy file copy of data I wanted to post, stripped all (hope so) notes and sources, then added a new source saying if people contact me I can provide the sources and notes that I have. Then posted that data on Rootsweb. Almost no one has contacted me for additional info. One or two people have sent correction requests. Jay ----- Original Message ----- To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:33:59 -0700, "Brian L. Lightfoot" <br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: >Any online tree with no source citations is pretty weak evidence but >without anything else to go by, I consider it a starting point for >additional research. From: "Dennis M. Kowallek" <kowal...@iglou.com> I don't publish sources in my online family tree precisely because I want the viewer to contact me. He/she might be a distant relative that can help me as much as I can help them. If the viewer chooses to copy my info without asking about sources ... not my problem. And like others, I might use an online family tree as a clue to further research. If the tree does not contain sources, I will attempt to contact the compiler. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
