'Well known' does not equal honest nor accurate, or even well intentioned. I posted a query, which someone changed into a fact with me as the source, put it on a webpage, died, forcing me to fight for a few years to get myself removed. It may come back, I gave up. Rich in LA CA
--- On Sat, 1/8/11, William Boswell <[email protected]> wrote: > From: William Boswell <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Google Sites & Legacy > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 7:02 AM > Stan: > > One way to share with just family members could be to get > your own domain and publish your information to your own > website with password protection. I did this for a > while because I distrust the bigger genealogy websites that > claim they have security. They all backup to their own > servers and there's no telling where that data will end up > years later. Personal experience proved this for me > when data I deleted years before was reposted when the > company bought out the website I posted it to. > > A big challenge of posting to your own website is > format. The many online genealogy tree websites make > it easy to just upload a GEDCOM file. Doing this on > your own website is much more difficult unless you just want > to turn a Legacy report into HTML which would be the easier > solution. > > If you are going to publish publicly, I wouldn't include > sources. I was told years ago that the source is your > website address. This information came from the owner > of a company that puts out a well-known genealogy program > and I thought it was a good idea. Don't give too much > away for others to steal. I also don't include full > dates either--just years. I'd also remove any notes > especially if they are personal. If they want the > information, they can contact you directly and then you can > decide if you want to give them the full details. > Generally I see what they have to offer first before I hand > over my hard work. > > My reasons for being suspicious are valid. While some > people have been good sources of information when contacting > me, others had self-serving motives. One told me he > was a well-known writer and was looking for historical > information I might have on a famous ancestor. Because > the data he was seeking was for a person who was very > distant to me, I didn't mind sharing but made it clear that > in his book he was to use the name of the person who I got > this information from and not myself. After that I > never heard back from him and I also found that he lied > about being a well-known writer. Another person I > entrusted with my data used it for publication and I > received no credit. They gave the credit to > themselves. This was information that was not > available online or anywhere else because it came from > unpublished family sources. > > I guard my data very carefully now and only share with > family and distant cousins I have found over the > years. The rest can wait for the book. > > Bill Boswell > > -----Original Message----- > From: s megraw [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 8:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Google Sites & Legacy > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
