Genealogy Roadshow ~ New season begins with Albuquerque episode ~ Tuesday, May 17, 7:00 pm on PBS Channel 5
Family Tree DNA Mother's Day sale May 6-8 Family Finder (the autosomal cousin-finder test) and the full mitochondrial sequence (mtDNA) for just $228!!! https://www.familytreedna.com/sale.aspx
Notes from NGS 2016
David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA, on Friday May 6, BCG Education Fund Helen F.M. Leary Lecture
Thoughts and quotes from Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogisthttp://www.legalgenealogist.com/, posted on her Facebook page. His topic is a critical one: Ethics in Genealogy – Professional and Personal, where he’ll discuss “the ethics needed in both our professional and personal genealogical research – the need to be true to the science.”
David E. Rencher challenging the genealogical community: are our ethical practices leaving a legacy for which we really WANT to be known?
"What does it cost the next researcher if we do not source our research, analyze our work? I have an ethical obligation to report what I know about the problem do they can pick it up where I left off."
"Ethical practices in genealogy must respect the copyright of others." David E. Rencher points to reported episodes of documented plagiarism -- "when content has been plagiarized, it's important that we call it out." [see http://www.ancestryinsider.org/2016/03/more-accusations-of-plagiarism-leveled.html The Ancestry Insider, March 30, 2016 More Accusations of Plagiarism Leveled at Barry Ewell]
"You can't string that many identical sentences together and call it serendipity."
Judy Russell has also stated on Facebook "Using your account on a pay website to download for someone who can't or won't pay is unethical." [It is also a violation of the Terms of Service which we agree to when we subscribe to pay websites.]