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Aonghus
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Well, purplekat, they might increase, but not as much an increase if people didn't post looked-up information in the first place.
After all, we who use RootsChat all know that family history societies exist, and we know how to find to whether a society exists, or if we don't we can ask.
I haven't seen anyone posting "is there a family history society for Dumfries, or Annan, or Ae", but I've seen lots of people posting "can you look up Name in Place".
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Aonghus
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Further to my penultimate post on this subject:
You wouldn't steal books from the library, or electricity from the power company, so why would you steal from a charity ?
If you answer, it's not stealing if it's open view, I disagree; if you see a purse lying on the ground, do you pocket it and keep it ?
When somebody posts a lookup, they're not just making it available to the person who requested it, but also to everyone else that reads that post for evermore.
How many lost sales is that ? 10, 100, 1,000 ?
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csc
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i think this is a big stink about nothing i have purchased dozens of these booklets for myself and for people in new zealand america australia and canada and what is it all about if not for sharing with everybody if i was not allowed to share i would not be happy i have also paid my subscription csc
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DUMFRIES. KERR,DICKSON,BELL,HETHERINGTON,HILL
CUMBERLAND, CHARLTON,YOUNG,SPARKS,HEWITT,IRELAND.
ORKNEY,CURSITER,DREVER,PEACE,COOPER,
FAIR ISLE, MALCOLMSON,LESLIE.
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Aonghus
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I'm quite sure that if you started putting bits of books in print published by the well commercial publishers, they would be after you as quick as anything, and we'd be seeing you reports of your court in the media.
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Ceeoh
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Aonghus
So you really don't believe I would buy the publications! Would you like a list of what I compiled during the last 23 years? I save up to travel to the U.K. which I manage about once every five years - a lot of time spent in Dumfriesshire where my family originate - and spend 90% of that time hunting around cemeteries, researching archives - all the usual. Believe me, I buy those publications when I can.
Really the distance is not as irrelevent as you may consider it, because that is exactly what I do when I get there, traipse around the country, after paying my air fare, bus/train fares and accommodation, because then I can see for myself what I have read in a publication, or from other sources of information. The old rule, confirm everything.
I have spent many hours transcribing MIs and mistakes do creep in. I take my hat off to the dedicated folk who do all this for the love of our hobby, but even from a publication after checking for myself, I have seen errors. We all make them.
By the way it's no use complaining to our post office!!
Ceeoh
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Ceeoh
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Just a thought - there are MIs available from libraries in photo copy form - yes you pay for them and I think they are mostly the older cemeteries. I found this out when visiting Lockerby library and have some wonderful data.
Ceeoh
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csc
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i will continue buying them and SHARING THEM if anybody feels like suing me go ahead csc
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DUMFRIES. KERR,DICKSON,BELL,HETHERINGTON,HILL
CUMBERLAND, CHARLTON,YOUNG,SPARKS,HEWITT,IRELAND.
ORKNEY,CURSITER,DREVER,PEACE,COOPER,
FAIR ISLE, MALCOLMSON,LESLIE.
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Arranroots
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Hi Guys
I note that some of you are new to Rootschat - which means that you should have read the terms and conditions recently!
We are not about furious arguments, so perhaps you could all calm down while we wait for the comments of the Copyright Editors - whose opinion I have sought on your behalf.
Thanks
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS WIL: WEBB, SALTER RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK) |
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