Researcher Lists

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Each surname section of my website has a researcher list (if any researchers are known.) For my own ancestral lines, the Researcher List is a page unto itself. In other cases it is simply a section of a larger page.

There will be names and e-mail addresses listed for each researcher of that line who has asked to be included. Sometimes other contact data is included (snail-mail, phone numbers, websites, etc.)  I only list the additional contact data when specifically requested.

Caveats:

1. I don't have to already know you for you to be listed. If you are interested in a particular family line you can be listed, just let me know and I'll add you as quickly as I can.
2. You don't have to contribute any information to be listed. Being listed does not indebt you to me (or me to you) in any way, shape or form.
3. Being listed does not imply that you agree with any conclusions that I have drawn about any particular family or any other data or opinions I have on my pages.
4. Being listed does not mean that I endorse any of your conclusions or opinions about a particular family, etc.
5. The primary purpose of the list is so that other researchers can find you and contact you so you can share notes about your common family or interests.
6. You are responsible for letting me know about any change of name or address. I occasionally purge out entries with invalid e-mails. I have no way of knowing when a person changes their address unless someone lets me know about it.

Getting yourself Listed on a researcher list

If you would like your name listed, please give me the following minimum information:

1. Your name.
2. Your e-mail address.
3. Which researcher list you are interested in (I have hundreds, so I need to know which one!)
4. What branch of the family should you be listed under, I need to know where to place your name within the family tree (if applicable). Also, if you want your lineage listed for a few extra generations, I can list it in Parenthesis after your e-mail address.  Consider this example: Mary Smith = email @ yourisp.com (John Smith-James-Mary m. Isaac Thompson).  From this example you see that researcher Mary Smith is a descendant of John Smith through his son James, through his daughter Mary who married Isaac Thompson.

I will also list (upon request) your snail-mail (postal) address, fax number, telephone number, your website address or any other data that is appropriate for this kind of list. 

If you do not have your own e-mail address, (perhaps you use a library or friends computer, etc) but still want to be listed as a researcher, I can list your name and snail-mail (postal) address, so you can still be included.

Getting Removed from a list

To be removed from this list, simply e-mail me and ask to be removed. I will gladly remove your name and contact data as quickly as possible.

If your name, e-mail or other data has changed, please let me know and I'll update the list.  (Be sure to let me know which list you are on, for I have hundreds of them.)

Invalid ("Bounced") e-mails

If you try to contact someone on one of my lists and the mail is returned, please let me know, and if possible, I'll try to find out the new information, though admittedly, I have had terrible luck trying to find people online when they change their e-mail address, unless they let me know themselves.

Privacy and Spam Protection

Since being listed on a researcher list is by its very nature Public, you waive any right to keeping your name and e-mail private otherwise what is the point? I do promise that I will not use your e-mail address for anything other than listing it on the site for contact purposes, or perhaps contacting you myself if needed, though only for genealogical purposes.

Spam protection is not easy. The thing I'm doing on newer pages is to not list the email address as a clickable link. Therefore if someone wants to contact you they'll have to cut and paste your address and then remove the spaces themselves. This is a small measure to protect your email address from being collected by "spam bots" (programs that scour the Internet looking for e-mail addresses to send junk mail to). However this isn't foolproof as spammers are very clever at their evil business. 

Commercial Considerations

My researcher lists are not geared towards advertising. However, if you have a book or something that directly relates to the family in question, I'm not adverse to letting it be advertised on the researcher list. Just let me know about it. I wouldn't charge anything for this, though it would definitely have to be related to the family pages in question.

Last Updated April 23, 2008

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