From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon May 1 17:30:36 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 k41NUajb030673; Mon, 1 May 2006 17:30:36 -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 k41NUX6K029658 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 17:30:33 -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 k41KvBFI031526 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 16:57:11 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k41KvB2u031525 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 1 May 2006 16:57:11 -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 k41JjiFI031346 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 15:45:44 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k41MIufE026893 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 1 May 2006 16:18:56 -0600 X-Envelope-From: JYoung6180@aol.com Mon May 1 16:18:55 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 k41MItjb026882 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 16:18:55 -0600 Received: from imo-m17.mx.aol.com (imo-m17.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.207]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k41MIsOM003122 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 16:18:54 -0600 Received: from JYoung6180@aol.com by imo-m17.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.2db.69057ba (2612) for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 18:18:49 -0400 (EDT) From: JYoung6180@aol.com Message-ID: <2db.69057ba.3187e348@aol.com> Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 18:18:48 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: To Submit or Not Submit, that is the question. In a message dated 4/30/2006 10:44:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, CDunkleberger@aol.com writes: Would love everyone's opinions on whether to Submit Gedcoms of your Family Tree to FHC,Ancestry or any other Gen site. YES or NO? ---- It all depends on whether you want to lock it up in a closet or on your computer hard drive and have it die with you (or your hard drive), lose it in a fire, hurricane or earthquake (which is, of course, your right); give it to a few relatives who will probably put it on the Internet every place they can think of (despite any agreement you think you might have for them to keep the data private--after recopying it and, no doubt, incorporating errors to your diligently-researched data in the process)--and worse yet--do so while attributing all the errors to YOU; OR...you can put the data in one or more places on the Internet, displayed exactly as you intend it to be displayed and where you can correct any errors and make any additions to your file as you learn more--and also where you can place contact information so that others researching the same family can contact you and share their branches of your family tree with you. If your goal is hoarding, then keep the data to yourself--if your goal is sharing, meeting cousins, and learning new information from them--then, by all means, place your data on the Internet on WorldConnect where you control your data and where it is safe from loss if anything should happen to your computer and your house, and where you can retrieve it should you ever need to do so. Joan