Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:15:30 -0400, Jim Elbrecht <elbrecht@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

>On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:19:45 -0400, Denis Beauregard
><denis.b-at-francogene.com@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:13:18 +0100, Hugh Watkins
>><hugh.watkins@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
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>>>I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this
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>>Actually, he is the moderator of soc.genealogy.methods
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>To see what he was been doing for the genealogy community from the
>late 80's to the late 90's read this old article-
>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~socgen/history.html
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>It's not exactly his first year on Usenet [or contributing to the
>genealogy community.]

And this is a part of the problem.

If he was known as author of junk, as someone who don't care about
supplying usefull tools for genealogy, it would not be im****tant
that he adverstises junk genealogy.  But because of his past
involvment, people will believe that his links are to reliable
sites.

But when I see that he has links to pages like this one

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/beauregard-family-crest.htm?A=54323-224

"The story of the name Beauregard begins in the French province of 
Limousin in medieval times."
"First found in Limousin, where the family has been seated from very 
early times."

This is a joke.  The name is not related to any area in France.  It 
likely appeared as a family name in a lot of places.

"In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance
to England and were de****ted. "

Historical non-sense.

" They found refuge in Louisiana. "

Historical non-sense.  Less than 1/3 of Acadians made it to Louisiana.
1/3 to Quebec, 1/3 back to what was Acadia, and the rest remained in
US colonies, France, etc.  

"In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British
rule. "

What are they talking about ?  Nothing happened in the former French
colonies in 1793...

"We have researched the Beauregard family crest in the most recognized
sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it 
must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and 
recorded by the heralds from time immemorial."

Bogus statement.  No commoners had heraldic and they are selling
fictive heraldic to them.

"Beauregard Family Crest Products"

Bogus products.  

Because Brian has some credibility, he just can't promote this kind of
junk site.

He was not the only one to contribute to the genealogy on the 
Internet.  This is why we call this a community.  One who thinks
seriously about genealogy just can't accept a known genealogy with
an im****tant contribution to promote junk genealogy.


Denis

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