Some things you should know about this site...
- PRIVICY POLICY
It goes without saying that, by it's very nature, Genealogy is all about people, and we genealogists spend hours and hours collecting names, dates, photo's, newspaper articles, certificates and other information that we can add to our collection. When this informaton relates to our distant ancestors, the more details we can provide makes a web site more interesting and informative, but where our living relatives are concerned, the same information could be construed as an invasion of privicy, or more importantly, a security or personal risk, partculally where younger people are involved. This has concerned me so much that I have seriously considered completely removing all references to living people, but on balance I have decided against this as I feel it would defeat part of the purpose of this web site by breaking the link between the present generation and our common ancestry.
After careful thought, I have therefore adopted the following policies which I hope will overcome any potential problems:-
.- Access to individual record index pages (RiD's) and the Gallery page will be restricted to registered users who either appear in the tree, or can prove a suitable family connection to someone who appears in the tree. The webmaster's decision on whether or not to grant or maintain registration will be final and binding.
- There will be no restriction on the information published about individuals who are deceased (or who are presumed to be deceased) unless otherwise requested by a member of their immediate family.
- Information on living individuals, will initially consist only of names, birth and marriage dates and places, photographs and relationships to parents, spouses and children. Additional information will only be added if provided by the individual him/herself, or with their specific consent.
- Individuals under the age of 16 (or presumed to be) will be shown by their initials only.
- Any living individual, or a member of the immediate family of a deceased individual, may request that information held on themselves, or their family member, be added, altered or removed via the Contact page and I will comply with such request as soon as I reasonably can.
Any personal information received from users of this site will be stored securely and will not be sold, distributed or leased to any third parties whatsoever and will only be used to improve and enhance your use of this web site.
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- COPYRIGHT / USE OF DATA
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- My thanks go to Family Historian Genealogy Software which has been used to create the core of this site and transfer data in a useable format.
Thanks also to the Family Historian User Group (FHUG) for advice on adapting aspects of their web site coding. - The Timeline has been developed using a Google Spreadsheet produced by TimelineJS.
Well, the good news is that as stands at the moment,this site has been created without any cookies, however, the timeline page has been developed using an external template which will place cookies on your computer. The page will not operate without these cookies.
If this site develops as I hope it will, then it may be necessary to add some cookies at a later date, but I will ensure that they will be as few as possible and only used where absolutely essential. I will alert users to any change on the home page and will update this page accordingly.
At the time of this site's creation (2013) all of the genealogical data contained herein has been sourced from original historic documentaton (or micro-fiche copies) held in Public Record Offices or from data bases avalable on the internet. All such informaton is in the public domain and readily available so, as far as I am aware therefore, this data is not copyright and can be freely copied by you for personal and non-commercial use. This includes copies of census returns, Birth, Marriage and Death certificates and copy extracts from newspapers, books etc.
However, a lot of work over many years, and some financial investment, has gone into collating this information, so if you do use any of this data, or these images, please let me know and provide an acknowledgement of this site if you are publishing the information elsewhere.
It should also be stated that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this web site, users should not rely on the data without first checking the original source documents. I cannot accept responsibility for any loss or inconveniance (financial or otherwise) arising from incorrect information.
For avoidance of doubt, the "harvesting" of data from this site, for inclusion in a "pay-to-view" site or document is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
This site may also contain personal photographs, images of non-statutory documents and text provided by me or others. Use of this data is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN without the specfic consent of the owner of the data concerned. This consent can be sought by contacting me via the Contact page with full details of the proposed use of the data. I will consider your request (and seek approval from any third party as necessary) and will respond to you as soon as reasonably possible. My decision in this matter is final and bindng.