| I have been involved in Family history
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| | illegible documents. These people are
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| for about twenty years now, and have been
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| | really proud of the work they have
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| on the family history circuit attending
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| | produced and they make it available at a
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| various fairs around the country for
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| | reasonable cost which belies all the
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| about twelve years.
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| | effort it has taken.
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| In my time on the circuit, I have met
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| | The 'big boys' or major players have
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| lots of stall holders, some are 'fly by
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| | loads of money to spend on advertising. I
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| nights' who think you can shove anything
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| | am sure you have seen the full page
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| onto a CD, flog it, make a pile of cash
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| | adverts in the magazines. The major
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| and then disappear, (they never last
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| | players (or wannabe major players) are
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| long, thankfully) some are genuine folk
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| | prepared to pay a fortune to keep
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| who really want to help people trace
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| | themselves top in the pay per click bids,
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| their ancestry, and then we have the 'big
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| | and buy up any and all domain names that
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| boys' or those that intend to be one of
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| | have anything, even vaguely to do with
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| the big boys.'
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| | genealogy.
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| The 'fly by nights' have been known to
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| | No, this is not 'sour grapes' from one of
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| pirate information, (census records,
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| | the little guys. Please don't
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| parish transcriptions, etc.,) or download
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| | misunderstand me. I am not against anyone
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| free information from the Internet, copy
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| | making a living. What I loathe is the
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| it to a CD, put a pretty picture on the
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| | major players doing their best to force
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| front and sell it at a family history
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| | the genuine, little guy out of business.
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| fair or on Ebay. A quick buck is all they
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| | Of course, if they succeed in getting rid
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| are interested in.
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| | of the little guy, then the major players
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| The genuine folk strive hard to make sure
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| | will get a larger slice of the cake. The
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| the products they sell, whether it be
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| | problem is in the end, as always, it is
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| parish transcriptions or census, etc. are
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| | the customer who suffers. Limited
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| of first rate quality. They spend hours,
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| | records, not always good, and only
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| days and sometimes months, transcribing
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| | available at the price they want to
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| hard to read and all too often almost
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| | charge.
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