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From: Valorie Zimmerman <>
Subject: Re: [BlackSheep-L] A comment from a WFT submitter
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 16:29:55 -0800


wrote:
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> All in all, there is hope for a bright future for electronic genealogy
> research, as long as all involved do two most important things. One is to
> learn what it takes to do reliable research that is backed up with source
> citations from original records insofar as is possible. The other is to
> follow our Flockmistress Julie Hesson's advice and be very careful when, where
> and how you "publish" the results of your work, so as to avoid contributing to
> the enrichment of the owners of places like Broderbund.

May I add one important step: Become a Rootsweb member or sponsor, and
Support Affordable Online Genealogy! If we do NOT, Rootsweb will
disappear, and Ancestry/Broderbund will "own" online genealogy.

All the best,

Valorie

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