Share and Share Alike: The Rules of Genealogical Privacy
Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA
Content
Speaker's Introduction
53s
Introduction
12m 43s
Standards of Conduct
5m 42s
Respect Rights of Living
8m 36s
Respect Privacy Rights
7m 55s
Sharing
15m 28s
More Resources
6m 58s
About this webinar
Genealogy by its very nature is collaborative-we need to work together and share information with others, both relatives and non-relatives if we're to succeed in filling out our family trees. But doing family research doesn't mean giving up all semblances of personal privacy, nor is it a license to invade the privacy of others-family or not. All researchers need to follow the rules, both legal and ethical, when we share genealogical information.
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Presented live at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City as part of the Joy Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series, and sponsored by the Board for Certification of Genealogists.
\nAbout the speaker
A genealogist with a law degree, Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealog...
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Share and Share Alike was absolutely wonderful. It was worth my whole day! She was articulate, well prepared, easy to understand and had a wonderful syllabus available. Loved it!!!!\n\nShe always presents a great webinar--today is no exception\n\nShe is always fantastic. No matter how many times I hear her I learn something new and have new thoughts about my research.\n\nShe never does a lecture halfway. This one was interesting and loaded with lots of useful information. \n\nSo thought-provoking!\n\nSome very valid points, especially about Find a Grave. I had never thought about her comment about being grave robbers if we put that information out too soon. \n\nterrific as always! So much to keep in mind!!\n\nThanks for making the distinction between legal and ethical. I think in our current situation, this distinction has been forgotten.\n\nThat was wonderful \n\nThe Best=Judy Russell\n\nThe topic was very interesting, and Judy is an outstanding speaker!\n\nThere is always something to learn when listening to others speak about the genealogical legal and ethical issues. Great presentation!\n\nThis series should be required watching before asking a question on FB! :-)\n\nValuable. Covering all aspects of privacy and ethical conduct.\n\nVery enlightening.\n\nVery good reminders.\n\nVery good webinar. Good reminder of some things I have forgotten. \n\nVery good- would like to hear more on detecting plagiarism and protecting ones self from accidentally plagiarizing.\n\nVery good. I appreciate any opportunity to benefit from the sharing of Judy Russell's knowledge! \n\nvery happy you covered this topic\n\nVery informative and current\n\nVery informative and well presented!\n\nVery informative! Ethics about sharing genealogy information with my cousins is very important to everyone involved.\n\nVery informative! Thank you!\n\nVery informative. Thank you. Standards for life in general. Consent, Privacy, and Respect.\n\nVery knowledgeable presenter\n\nFollowed the syllabus\n\nProvided valuable information\n\nVery useful information, especially the pointers to guidelines beyond the BCG Genealogy Standards.\n\nWelcome reminders about ethical responsibility in genealogy\n\nWell done, good reminders.\n\nWhat can I say!! Share and Share Alike the Rules of Genealogical Privacy by Judy Russell was Excellent!! A Must See for Everyone!! Great, great information just love Judy Russell.\n\nWonderful presentation! \n\nThe point was made about copyright laws in other countries. Is there a source that directs one to find this information?\n\nwonderful speaker. good informaiton\n\nWonderful. Absolutely wonderful.\n\nWow! That was a great presentation. Really got me thinking........\n\nWow! Knowledgeable, engaging delivery. I learned so much.
Information was important to all family historians & genealogists: amateurs & professionals.\n\nInteresting and important information.\n\nJudy always gives an excellent presentation! This topic is particularly pertinent and she offered some very good advice.\n\nJudy always gives the best lectures. So concise and easy to understand.\n\nJudy always is thought provoking.\n\nJudy always tells us the stuff to keep us out of trouble legally AND ethically----even when we don't want to hear it! ROFL Good for the BGS' (and others') standards!\n\nJudy is always entertaining & informative.\n\nJudy is always fabulous, in topic, in examples, in message!\n\nJudy is ALWAYS loaded with information, can never get enough. This was a great source of new information.\n\nJudy is always on point and topical, plus her delivery is always the most entertaining. I always learn something from her!\n\nJudy is always one of the best speakers in any genealogy program and today was no different. Informative and interesting, as well as topical.\n\nJudy is an enthusiastic, inspiring, and charismatic lecturer. While we think we know what ethics are involved in genealogy, Judy made it absolutely clear the do's and don'ts of sharing information. I will look to her for guidance in the future.\n\nJudy is an EXCELLENT speaker\n\nJudy is an excellent speaker. Always learn so much from her.\n\nJudy is my favorite speaker. Very informative presentation. \n\nJudy is superb as always.\n\nJudy is THE best ever. Nobody will ever beat her as a speaker. \n\nJudy is the best! Thank you!\n\nJudy knocked it out the park and tell it like it is with complete answers! I'm always kicking and punching the air for JOY when she speaks. I know I'm gonna get the straight sense and answers from her! Fabolous Webinar! \n\nJudy makes privacy easy to understand!\n\nJudy presented reminders that everyone needs. As always a vital, reasoned presentation.\n\nJudy Russell always gives great presentations! Thanks!\n\nJudy Russell is always great!\n\nJudy Russell is always insightful.\n\nJudy Russell is always very informative and gives well presented lectures!\n\nJudy Russell is fantastic!\n\nJudy Russell is one of THE best webinar presenters, ever! I always come away with thought provoking ideas. Maybe we think alike since I am also a genealogist with a law degree.\n\nJudy was amazing, as per her usual! :)\n\nJudy was excellent as always.\n\nJUDY! JUDY!! JUDY!!! (In my best Cary Grant voice (although the quote actually originated with Larry Storch in one of his comedy routines . . . )\n\nJudy's always insightful in her presentations.\n\nJudy's presentations are always excellent and very thought provoking ...\n\nJudy's webinars are always great. \n\nLOL! Fighting with siblings...I am from a large family and my oldest sister thinks she can tell everyone else what to do and how to do and gets mad if they don't follow her protocol. \n\nlots of good information, examples of how it affects an individual and the stressing on bringing a caring heart to any of your findings.\n\nLots of helpful insight, explained carefully with good examples.\n\nLove Judy Russell and will go or do anything to see or hear what she is presenting. Thank you for this informative webinar. \n\nLove Judy! Very clear.\n\nMade sense of things that I have questioned myself\n\nMs. Russell is always an inspirational speaker...always good information\n\nMs. Russell is always fabulous!\n\nNice to know that my personal ethical standards are correct. But I still would like to download the standards to have when communicating with family to assure them of my intentions. \n\nPrivacy rights are always an interesting topic when it comes to genealogical information, especially where it concerns living people.\n\nProfessional, ethical information guided by the heart. Excellent.\n\nReally interesting topic, well delivered.\n\nRight on!
Excellent!\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent!\n\nEXCELLENT!!! Always wonderful to hear Judy Russel speak. Plain, down to earth common sense.\n\nExcellent!!! Will be re-watching this one! \n\nExcellent!!!!!!!!\n\nExcellent, clear.\n\nExcellent. This presentation should be watched by every single person who is even remotely interested in family history and genealogy -- casual hobbyist to professional to the scholarly!!! I will be pointing this webinar to each of my nieces, nephews, dreaded living sibling, and cousins to watch! \n\nExcellent. Very practical and clearly explained. Thank you for making it plain enough for anyone to understand. :)\n\nGood info and reminders bout copyright and sharing\n\nGood reminders of best practices .\n\ngreat as always\n\nGreat content and excellent delivery!!!\n\nGreat information \n\nGreat information, I need to review this webinar again.\n\nGreat lecture from Judy, I have followed her advice many times during my Masters studies when carrying out research.\n\nGreat reminders!\n\nGreat speaker!\n\nGreat!!!!\n\nGreat, as always\n\nGreat, as always.\n\nI always learn so much listening to Judy! Such an engaging presenter!\n\nI always learn something from Judy. She hammered home a point of discussion I had with another genealogist this week. Thank you!\n\nI always learn something new from Judy Russell. And her presentations are always enjoyable as well as informative.\n\nI can see why Judy Russell has many fans (based on the comments). This was my first time hearing her speak. Wonderful speaker, valuable topic, information, and observations.\n\nAnother great experience with Legacy Family Tree Webinars!\n\nI enjoy anything Judy presents. Always learn something - and she has a great presentation style.\n\nI expected more discussion of legal points and copyright, but Judy's impassioned plea for sensitivity was a good reminder for all of us.\n\nI greatly appreciated the thorough list of further reading. This is an area that I am trying to balance - privacy v moving the research forward and this lecture gave me much to think about for myself and for clients.\n\nI have been lucky enough to attend lectures by Judy several times, and I always learn something new. Thanks!\n\nI have had to explain why I don't share our complete family tree publically to many in my family.\n\nI have never heard Judy speak before. Her lecture was informative, concise, and engaging. I enjoyed her humor. I also received clarification about the use of DNA results on Ancestry, specifically the matches and the fact that I must receive permission prior to listing those individuals' names in a family narrative.\n\nI hope this was just a reminder for everyone listening to this program, but it is good to have reminders.\n\nI just had a discussion with an instructor about the ethics of telling a story and I somewhat disagreed with my instructor about what was more important, accuracy or privacy/respect. This lecture changed my mind; I understand now why my instructor said not gen story is more important than respecting living people's privacy.\n\nI liked having guidelines on sharing information. Common sense sometimes needs to be dusted off and used.\n\nI would give Judy Russell a higher score if one was available. She is excellent.\n\nI would have appreciated some specific examples of how Judy would handle the issue of privacy in a research product--case study or narrative genealogy, for example--involving a crime and imprisonment of a person who is deceased and has living descendants. I'll have to post my question on her blog.\n\nImportant information presented clearly\n\nImportant points th adhered to at all times.at must be\n\nImportant topic, but some things to consider: is it stinginess not to share if one knows that some relatives just want to put info to put on their Ancestry tree to add more numbers; there is no clear way to give credit for all the hard work, time and money spent. How long is it ok to hold on to info if one is planning to publish something oneselfI feel more comfortable to share when someone asks a specific question after I know they have done some research ... rather than just hand everything over ...
10 stars!!\n\nA good reminder with explanations about where sharing ends and privacy begins.\n\nA lot of privacy issues were fleshed out very well giving a new light on how to address them. Great information provided.\n\nA much need topic of GREAT interest. Thank You, Judy\n\nAll of it was good.\n\nAlways a treat to hear Judy\n\nAlways an informative and down to earth speaker, with extremely relevant information.\n\nAlways awesome to hear Judy Russell speak\n\nalways expect an excellent presentation from Judy Russell. Great advice and guidance for working/sharing in today's world. She's always a step ahead--\n\nAlways great to hear so much knowledge expressed in an understandable lecture.\n\nAlways informative and entertaining. \n\nAlways presents a thought provoking lecture! Thanks.\n\nAnother outstanding presentation by Judy! \n\nAnother wonderfully informative session.\n\nAs always Judy gives us a lot to consider when we do genealogy so that we maintain the highest ethical standards. \n\nAs usual, Judy knocked it out of the ballpark. A fantastic lecture reminding us of the importance of our decisions and our actions regarding genealogical and genetic information. And, now I'm off to share that significant document that I've been keeping to myself because it took me a long time to find it. . .\n\nawesome lecture !!!\n\nAwesome!!\n\nBasically it comes down to compromise and respect when there are differences about what should be known and shared. However, when the intention is not to hurt or harm and another person is not willing to share information or a source (of non living relatives) that would help the rest of the family in their research makes it very frustrating and disappointing. \n\nBRAVO!!! Very, very TIMELY and very, very useful information providing critical guidelines with the new Genealogy Standards, Second Edition, including DNA standards and emphasizing requiring evidence of consent. Reminder of understanding of EXACTLY WHO has the RIGHT to tell a SPECIFIC story. Thank you for The FindAGrave Robber awareness. This is a much needed webinar for all! This may be the most needed webinar of 2019! It is my favorite webinar of the year and I have a lot of favorites! Thank you, Judy!\n\nBrilliant, as always!\n\nClear and easy to follow with thought- provoking points, as usual.\n\nClear explanation of an issue with new wrinkles. \n\nComplex subject, great presenter.\n\nDifficult subject, but one that needs repetition often.\n\nenjoyable and informative\n\nExcellent advice\n\nExcellent common sense advice we all need to be reminded of and excellent resources.\n\nExcellent explanations and clarity about what can be a somewhat opaque topic.\n\nExcellent handout. Thank you Judy for all your work educating the genealogy community on all these issues.\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent presentation and explanations of the ethical issues in genealogy\n\nExcellent presentation. Lots of great points to think about and consider.\n\nExcellent presentation. Thank you!\n\nExcellent presenter! Great information!\n\nExcellent reminders on the ethics of genealogy. Good to remember to treat information on living persons respectfully.\n\nExcellent reminders to us all, thought provoking. Regarding the sharing aspect, the FHL digitized a huge Surname history which included my data, my daughters, etc. After discovering it had been digitized and put online, I contacted the FHL and asked for certain pages to be removed as it contained all the information necessary for identity theft. They understood, removed the pages I had requested. Hopefully they've reviewed their privacy policy. Contained information on hundreds of living people. \n\nExcellent speaker. Some of her points have prompted me to review some of my work to make sure I haven't included some fact that needlessly can cause pain to some living persons.\n\nExcellent webinar covering some very important points about balancing the right to know versus the right to privacy. Every genealogist should view this.\n\nExcellent webinar! The best I've heard on privacy & sharing issues. Every person doing genealogy research &/or DNA testing needs to hear this one.