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From: "Caroline Gurney" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re: Questionable Source Cites; Internet
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 00:56:56 +0100
References: <180.b6c92a0.2a7dbd87@aol.com>


Mark wrote:

> All genealogical information published, whether it be published in a
> traditional method or on the Internet, requires full source citation.
This
> is discussed in full on pages 3-4 of The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual
> (Washington, D.C.: Board for Certification of Genealogists, 2000).
>
> The source citations need to accompany the material they document; a note
> indicating that the citations are available upon request really isn't good
> enough.
>
> If the reason given for not posting sources along with data on the
Internet
> is simply concern that one's work will be copied without proper credit
being
> given, then why bother posting it at all?

My own reason for putting limited amounts of data on the Internet is to
enable other researchers who share my interests to contact me. Many of them
do & I then send them fully sourced data. I see the process as analogous to
posting to a bulletin board or mailing list, not publishing a genealogical
work.

I am afraid that, as a poor uncivilised Brit, I have never heard of the BCG.
Will they send the heavies round to trash my research files if I do not
comply with their standards <g>?

Caroline Gurney
Portsmouth, UK


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