Eric,
I dismantled my website last year because of people taking my info and
photos and uploading them to their family tree on Ancestry without my
permission. The site had been up since 1996. I succeeded in getting my
photos removed from one person's family tree, but not from others. I think
this was because I was able to prove to Ancestry that the photos were mine
and my site was copyrighted.
I am willing to bet similar things are happening to others. Back in the
1990s there were limited ways of reaching out to others who were doing
online research. I think people are now realizing that having personal
family information online is not the safest approach. Too much identity
theft, etc happening now.
Linda
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From: Huffstutler, Eric S.
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:43 AM
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Genealgy Future
I kind of brought this up a while back and now experiencing the same
problem but even more so and want people's input.
I have been doing online research for my family since 1986. I even was
host to emails during the old BBS days and web host to a couple of
Rootsweb GenWeb counties.
Now the old RAOGK website is dead and a generic form started on Facebook
that doesn't have the same impact or offerings as in the past for out of
state volunteer lookups.
I am finding that more and more old established genealogy websites have
become outdated (I just ran across one that shows its last update was in
2004!). Various surname and county lists and forums are rarely visited
or posted to. I looked at Burke County, GA list on Genealogy.com and
saw a post I made nearly 9-years ago only half way down the first page.
Links are no longer working, volunteer email addresses have changed, and
there just doesn't seem to be any substitute sites. In other words
trying to do research online as in years past is almost futile.
Has the hobby become out of favor to a point of no longer supporting
these once valuable information sharing sites? Outside of paying
through the nose to subscribe to Ancestry which in itself is now
becoming outdated as no new Family Trees seem to be posted-uploaded, are
there other online options for help when one can not travel?
Eric
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