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From: "ivysucee" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-WORKHOUSE-HOSP] Pirated Information
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:23:28 -0500
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From: "Martin Willcocks" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-WORKHOUSE-HOSP] Pirated Information


> Hi all:
>
> I would like people on this list to please stop including the entire
> thread about this subject in their replies!
>
> This discussion has recurred on numerous Rootsweb lists in the past. If
> you share your information with others, sooner or later someone less
> scrupulous in their own research will plagiarize it. I agree that those
> who expand their tree to 150,000+ people probably haven't done the
> research. I do not belong to GR but have seen this on Ancestry, where
> very poor quality and incorrect data is on other people's trees. This
> is also true of One World Tree and similar ventures. Occasionally,
> though, they do get it right, and these trees can be a resource for the
> rest of us, but like the IGI we know we need to thoroughly check the
> information.
>
> As far as genetic testing goes, I would not rely on it too much. I have
> done most of my research online for the last ten years and still have
> only just over 1,000 people in my tree, but all of them have been
> personally researched, with a lot of help from the Rootsweb community
> and others, such as OPCs and even individuals who have gone to the
> trouble of getting copies of the parish registers and sending them to
> me, etc. If I had no online sources, I would not have been able to get
> this far. I am very thankful to those who have helped me, and always
> willing to help others where I can.
>
> If you're looking for living relatves, sooner or later they tend to show
> up, anyway. I'm in contact with quite a number of cousins, far and
> wide, thanks to careful research. Those that have shared information
> about living relatives with me can be assured that I won't pass that
> information along to any but other living relatives whose credentials
> check out.
>
> Regards
> Martin Willcocks
> Taylorsville, UT, USA.
>
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