From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Jul 19 08:49:05 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6JEn5jb030258; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:49:05 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6JEn4Tt010506 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:49:04 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6JCB1FI010780 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:11:01 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6JCB1Wn010779 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:11:01 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6JBlrFI010639 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:47:53 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6JEPjba022825 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:25:45 -0600 X-Envelope-From: otg@csolve.net Wed Jul 19 08:25:45 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6JEPjjb022816 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:25:45 -0600 Received: from balrog.csolve.net (balrog.csolve.net [207.164.80.179]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6JEPgDU022526 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:25:42 -0600 Received: from 209.226.38.80.hub3.csolve.net ([209.226.38.80] helo=Lorine1) by balrog.csolve.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1G3CNG-000Fms-3I; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:46:03 -0400 From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" Organization: Olive Tree Genealogy To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:46:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-to: otg@csolve.net CC: "Pat Stansbury" Message-ID: <44BDFF59.18129.57D385@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <200607191300.k6JD0KZX008034@lists5.rootsweb.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from Quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k6JEPjjb022816 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k6JEPjba022825 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k6JBlrFI010639 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Ancestry World tree project surprise! On 19 Jul 2006 at 7:00, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Can anyone tell me how does the Ancestry World tree project > get your family files ? All family files are submitted by individuals. > I was shocked to see that ALL my > research and notes, public & private about my family are on > Ancestry World Tree on the internet for everyone to see. > Much of my notes were for private family information only. I > can't believe this, as I never sent in that information. You have almost certainly fallen victim to another researcher who you have shared information with -- and that researcher has submitted your files (probably combined with theirs) When I was new to the Internet (1996) and naïve about how it worked, I fell victim to the same type of researcher. I shared my genealogy notes freely and fully with anyone who asked. I was horrified to find my notes and personal details published on various websites - and I quickly learned to not share these details and to not share information after my great grandparents. It is best to follow the strategy of "don't share anything you don't want to see published online for all to read" > had a problem like this? How can they just get our hard > earned research without our permission Ancestry didn't take your research. Another person submitted it. I would check to see who the submitter is (all submitter emails and name are noted), then write to them if you want and ask them to remove the work. >and then make a > profit by it ? Just a little note of clarification. All user-submitted material on Ancestry is free. There is no charge to view the material. What you are charged for is the OneWorldTree search engine capabilities. But you can search through AncestryWorldTree (AWT) for free, and see the same database. The database is free. AWT search engines are free. OWT search engines cost money. But they search the same database. -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com