From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jul 23 07:42:10 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 k6NDgAjb004585; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:42:10 -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 k6NDg6ja031817 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:42:06 -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 k6NB3nFI008715 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:03:49 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6NB3nrw008714 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:03:49 -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 k6N2uFFI025514 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:56:15 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6N5YKRN011740 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:34:20 -0600 X-Envelope-From: JYoung6180@aol.com Sat Jul 22 23:34:20 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 k6N5YKjb011729 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:34:20 -0600 Received: from imo-m23.mail.aol.com (imo-m23.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.4]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6N5YFGq014245 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:34:18 -0600 Received: from JYoung6180@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.4f8.37de38c (62976) for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:34:09 -0400 (EDT) From: JYoung6180@aol.com Message-ID: <4f8.37de38c.31f46450@aol.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:34:08 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5026 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: AWT, OWT, and Ancestry.com From: Kith-n-Kin [mailto:Kith-n-Kin@cox.net] I agree that it would be a good thing if people wouldn't double post their trees -- anywhere. On this project, I found 5 identical trees, none of which had a contributor name. And that's another thing. If *someone* put up a tree several years ago, and has since gone golfing or to that big genealogy convention in the sky, perhaps the trees should be removed. A tree without a "sponsor" and without sources, is just so much jumble to me. Are the folks at Ancestry listening? Huh? Huh? --- There are many genealogists who specifically request that their GEDCOMs on WorldConnect or Ancestry World Tree remain where they are after their deaths. Contact information can either be removed or passed along to an heir or other trusted genealogist. People may not realize this but your family trees on WorldConnect/AWT become a part of your estate when you die and you should ensure that instructions about what you want to be done with your files in case of death or disability are known to your heirs--including making sure they have the password and user code to your online GEDCOMs. I could point you to many very touching letters in the RootsWeb mailing list archives written by genealogists who have learned they have a terminal illness expressing their desire to have their work remain online in the hopes that it can help other researchers in the future. Several have stated that they know their files include errors and omissions but they hope that their research will serve as a basis for others who follow them to build upon in researching their ancestors. When I worked for RootsWeb years ago, one of my responsibilities was to deal with this type of issue when a family tree submitter died and we were contacted by their heirs. I can also tell you of many instances where a tree submitter was moving into a nursing home and would no longer have Internet access and wanted to be sure their GEDCOMs got uploaded while they could still do it--so that their years of research would not be lost. Many expressed concerns that no one else in their family had any interest in their research and they hoped that someone would come along in the future who could benefit from their online databases. they did not want their files tossed out in the trash by disinterested family members. I would not want to see anyone arbitrarily decide to remove a file of a deceased or incapacitated submitter against the wishes of the individual or his heirs. Joan