> Dick Marston wrote:
>
> Listers:
> I have naively included a link to GenForum for those wishing to post and
> respond to Rockingham and Marston surname queries. Furthermore, I have
> innocently posted several responses on those forums. Today, I have amended
> the link on Rockingham's Queries Index Page to read as follows:
>
> **If you want still another place to search and post, try the Rockingham
> County message board on genforum.genealogy.com/nh/rockingham/
> WARNING!! Any information which you share on GenForum's message boards may
> be copied by Genealogy.com [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and sold by them for
> profit either as data included on a monthly/annual subscription or as a CD
> for purchase. Much of this information is totally unreliable. Caveat
> emptor [Buyer beware]. In order to see what, if any,  information
> Genealogy.com has acquired from your voluntary contributions, you will
> first need to subscribe to their service available to paying members
> only.**
>
> I am SO angry I could spit!! Until I started checking up on this fiasco
> about my father's pedigree, I had NO clue that Genealogy.com was doing
> this. I want to declare WAR! I can't get through to their leaders, but I
> sure would like to get through to their potential customers and unwitting
> voluntary contributors.
>
> Please feel free to copy and paste [or send] this warning wherever, or to
> whomever, you think might do the most good. You may post it as your own
> message or as a quote from me, whichever you prefer. Your help will be
> greatly appreciated.
>

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