This is not meant for readers as readers of my site were not the problem. It was not a “fan” or a “follower” who used my whole body of tips on their site under the guise of it “helped me get more attention.” When you put a big fat ad between the tip and my name, that doesn’t make it clear. When you include the website name, but do not include an active link, it makes the chance that someone actually visits my site very small. I was raised in the sticks, but I’m not stupid. Just because it is not on paper, does not that copyright does not apply. Just because you can copy and past it in two seconds does not mean that you should. Just […]
Have you re-interviewed relatives recently? Sometimes this can be particularly helpful if you have made new discoveries about things your relative might have had first or second hand knowledge of. Do you locate a family living next to the interviewee’s parents in 1920 that had the same last name as the mother and whom the interviewee never mentioned? Does an estate settlement mention a family member living in a location that was “news” to you? Your relative may know something. New details may jog the respondent’s mind about things you never even knew to ask the first time around. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
Ancestry.org is using tips from Genealogy Tip of the Day without permission. See my post at http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2010/03/ancestryorg.html If anyone knows how to contact them, please let me know. I’m getting stuck behind privacy protection. —————————– UPDATE Ancestry.org has removed my tips from their website as of approximately noon central time today. My thanks to several fellow genealogists who provided some useful tips in dealing with this problem. Your help is appreciated. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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