Yes, there is a option NOT to allow downloading of any of your tree. The ones who collect trees won't do any of the work like typing <G> so you are safe from them.
Eliz On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > World Connect is at Rootsweb? I didn't know you could keep people > from downloading your tree; very good to know. Thank you for sharing > that. It's been a really long time since I've browsed around that > site; so many sites, so little time :-) > Kathy > > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: >> My soapbox <G> putting your genealogy online at freepages at rootsweb >> seems to be the surest way so far, short of the Wayback Machine, to >> keep your research safe. >> >> You can put pictures there and long transcriptions, they don't want >> plain trees there since they can go to World Connect (where you can >> keep people from downloading your tree). So far as is known these >> sites will remain free. >> >> end of soapbox <G> >> >> >> >> Eliz >> >> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Ron, you are right that professional genealogists are not banned from >>> publishing at all. Professionals are not to download from the internet, add >>> info, reupload, etc. Before publishing info, I wanted to make sure that >>> someone new to it would consider the options. Some people don't realize >>> that book publishing and other options are viable options or that there are >>> standards that professional genealogists would use. I appreciate learning >>> from others and hearing other options so that I can weigh my options so I >>> figured it might be a good thing to interject here on occasion. >>> >>> Elizabeth Shown Mills' book "Professional Genealogy" notes the standards of >>> ICAPGen, the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and the National >>> Genealogical Society. In it she makes the point that if copying more than 3 >>> paragraphs of info from a book etc, you should get permission to reprint. >>> That goes for all obituaries and other things. Elizabeth Shown Mills wrote >>> "Evidence Explained" which is the standard for Legacy's Source Writer. >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Kathy Meyer > "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things > you have never before done." > --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 > > Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting > different results. ~ Albert Einstein > > > > 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
