I was using one of my favorite forums for genealogy and ran across someone I have spoken to in the past. It had been a couple of years since I had contacted her, so I decided I would check and see if she had any new information. I sent her message through the forums and the reply I received was that she was amazed that I would contact her considering I took all of the information she had and placed it on the Internet and didn't site her as her as the source. As I used her information for verification purposes I didn't see the need to site her as the source. My question to other genealogists is if you are receiving information from someone and are publishing it on a website, without receiving monetary rewards do you need to site the source of the information?
It is an interesting question as there is so much information available on the Internet for anyone to access. Many people make it possible to download gedcoms to be able to connect with fellow researchers. But I put the question out there to all my fellow genealogists. Should we site sources when publishing information on the Internet even if the information was received from a person but used for verification purposes.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
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