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See our
explanation of submission
guidelines. Plus, click on here
to see
our "copyright"
statement.
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Consider
creating your own web page
Placing your own research
on your own web page allows simple updates and
additions and well as easy connections with
visitors. A link from the GenWeb page will help
cousins find you personal web page as easily
as they can find a file on the GenWeb
site.
Experienced Researchers
ONLY with either a degree in history
or ten years experience researching a
Transylvania County family can submit research
to be placed on the GenWeb
page. These
researchers have done their part without
learning new software, and many do not have
access to computers. For everyone else,
learning basic web page design has really
become a necessary part of genealogy skills so
please join in the fun!
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Families must be
connected to Transylvania
County
As a general rule of
thumb, we will only publish family research
back to the family that migrated to the area
and one additional generation to show
migrations patterns. Information about
residence in earlier counties belongs with
those county projects to facilitate searches.
Also, a lot of the information dating back to
notables such as King Arthur contains a lot of
recycled errors, oversized assumptions and
wishful thinking of researchers very long since
departed.
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All
information must come from original
research
Copying information including entire
articles from earlier publications for your
personal notes falls under the Fair Use
Provision of Copyright
Law. However, these
personal copies cannot be published, including
via the Internet, without permission from the
copyright holder. Information in the public
domain can be published as long as appropriate
source information is included. Also – facts
cannot be copyrighted.
Click here
to see our "Legal
Statement".
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No GedCom Files
please – at least not here
GedCom files should be
donated to projects already collecting them.
Ancestry.com allows users
to donate files, update them, and include
important information about research
sources. The Old Pendleton District Chapter
of the South Carolina Genealogical
Society is compiling a massive GedCom of
Upstate South Carolina families and Shawna Hall is compiling a
similar volunteer project of Western North
Carolina families.
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Information must
include sources
A few extra minutes to
include source information will save future
researchers (and maybe yourself) hours or days
attempting to locate a source for more
information. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but
should include the following as a minimum:
Title, author, publication
date, and location or
publisher. A
significant portion of the sources must be
primary sources. Important -
when using transcriptions or someone else’s
research as a source instead of an original
document, list this secondary source as your
source.
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Before a file is
posted, submitters will need to
provide
- Completed Background Information
Sheet
- Completed Copyright Release
Form
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Get things
started
Contact County Coordinator with a
description of the file and the researcher's
background.
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The USGenWeb Project,
The NCGenWeb Project, The American Local
History Network and their volunteers are not
responsible for the content of donated files
including reliability or authenticity.
Transylvania County, North Carolina History and
Genealogy Project Coordinators reserve the
right to refuse any submitted
file.
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