I appreciate your comments Ellen. I have thought long and hard about putting my family history online. It is something I have resisted because of the bad experiences of the others. Your message is another reminder that I should continue to resist and find other means of sharing information with family members.
Thanks Stan Ellen wrote: > Stan, just some food for thought. I'm sorry that I cannot answer your > specific question. However, I forget if I read it in "Professional Genealogy" > or where it was. Although many people are into putting their research online, > it is not something that everyone does nor is it considered professional. The > Board for the Certification of Genealogists and the International Commission > of Accredited Professional Genealogists do not permit their certified or > accredited genealogists to publish work in this manner. Every person whose > information is published should technically sign a release for that purpose > before publishing if you want to seek genealogical credentials. Just in case > you are looking into getting genealogical credentials, you might want to get > a copy of "Professional Genealogy." I just got it for Christmas and I have > been looking into this for quite some time since I believe that family > information should be guarded a good bit more than most people do. The BCG > also has articles on their website www.bcgcertification.org and ICAPGen has > training videos on their site www.icapgen.org. Maybe you would like to review > those for another viewpoint. Some people I have encountered people who > believe that online publishing is expected and encouraged by all. For those > of us who do not publish online for a myriad of reasons, I thought I would > interject this. > > God bless, > Ellen > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
