Genealogy Chat

For those who wish to put their family tree online and have done their own research, then that is their choice and their right to do so. That is not the issue here. The question here is threefold. If anybody receives info on a family tree from other people, are they seriously going to put that info online as part of their own tree, without even seeking permission of the person who went to a lot of trouble on their behalf? Paul rightly talks about the other person "taking the credit" ie that other people will contact the other person with regard to the tree and not Paul. I have this problem myself on Genes Connect. I had information which I shared with another possible cousin. (I am always sharing info) Because I am still working on the tree and hope maybe to write a book about these people one day, I am happy to share with possible cousins but not to have it online. I have sorted my problem by putting my names alongside the other person's so there are 2 Joe Bloggs, 2 Chris Bloggs and so on up to 33 of these! I might add they are different dates because I have the correct date from the parish registers, whereas the other person only had an approx year and he has not checked the information that I gave him! Whoever wants to contact about my family is going to be slightly confused to say the least. Why should anyone want to contact the other person at all when he cannot give them any info except the info I gave him!! If we all start to take this attitude then there could be 150 or more Joe Bloggs more or less same age living in same place at the same time. How will anybody know who will be the best person to contact? As far as living relatives are concerned nobody should be irresonsible enough to even contemplate putting these online for many reasons. Janet