On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:34:18 +0100, "Kurt" <kurt.fredriksson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>"J. Hugh Sullivan" <Eagle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> Let me restate my point. Anyone who uses "your" info should credit
>you >> as the source, with your source as a secondary source. Your source
>is >> not his source until he has seen that source.
>
>OK.
>
>> Source data need to be confirmed by others since they can be misread
>> and/or misinterpresed and some sources conflict. That is
>particularly >> true today when many people are guessing and accepting
family lore
>> vice researching.
>
>Iīll never accept family lore (except my own personal knowledge) as
>anything more than stories to be confirmed.
Good.
>
>> Failure to respect the efforts of another's research is not proper
>> genealogy.
>
>As I donīt do genealogical research for a living, itīs a hobby of
>mine, I donīt care whether they credit me or not for what they find on
>my web-pages. >I myself copied information from DISBYT and made a
tem****ary source,
>noting the person who had provided the information. Then I got an
>angry email from one person who didnīt wanted to be mentioned as a
>source. I thus removed all those tem****ary sources from my web-pages
>but are keeping them in my program.
I have walked more than 50 cemeteries, been to about 20 libraries, and
spent countless hours on the computer researching places that cost to
subscribe. I have talked to family members and visited the home places
of three generations before me. I do resent it when someone copies the
data I spent years to find and present and it takes about 5 minutes
for him to present it as his own.
>But I can assure you, Iīm still doing proper genealogy. What other
>persons have done, is only an indication of where to find primary
>sources.
I don't question you genealogical ability.
>
>> I posted a theory once and it was clearly marked as such with
>> appropriate warnings. I later disproved the theory. But two people,
>in >> spite of me telling them repeatedly, still post that theory as
fact.
>> Fortunately they do not give me credit as their source.
>
>You must be happy about that!!!
Oh, yes.
>Iīm a Swede, and that makes genealogical research much easier. Before
>the Swedish Church became independent from the government, it was
>responsible for keeping track of every person in Sweden. That mean
>that the church books are excellent primary sources.
>
>At last, why do you use an email address that bounces? To me, that is
>an indication of a less trustworthy genealogist.
....to reduce spam. Too many people harvest addresses on news groups.
When I had an active web site it included my correct address but not
so it could be harvested.
Hugh
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