Once again the infamous Ancestry.com rears its ugly head. Years ago, when Ancestry was just getting going, I received some information about my family from an online acquaintance. I instantly recognized it as my own research, as it contained some errors I had made years previously (by not verifying some information from a distant cousin) and asked where she had got it. The answer was Ancestry, on a CD she had bought. When I contacted Ancestry to ask where they had obtained the erroneous information, which I had copyrighted (the language was quite distinctive and could not have come from any other source), they refused to tell me. They also refused to add my copyright notice, or even to let me look at the information they were selling unless I paid them something like $50 for the CD. Needless to say, I refuse to have anything to do with Ancestry, which in my experience is dishonest, unreliable, and unscrupulous. I have always been ready to share my research with other family historians. If it's going to be sold, however, it certainly should not profit plagiarists and thieves. Kathleen Much To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html