Andersons of Colonial N. Carolina

Sorry… well not really because I don’t think any young impressionable minds visit this site that will be impacted by my profanity.  I don’t understand what the “big deal” is with everyone putting silly disclaimers on their websites declaring their disdain over someone taking their “stuff” and posting it elsewhere where someone may (gasp) make a profit off of it?   Let’s see…. Ancestry.com might actually grab something I posted and use it?  So what?

If you want something I have posted just grab it and run…. use it…. a courtesy reference to me would be nice but I won’t lose any sleep over it.  Free or Profit… I don’t care.

And while I’m on a soapbox… why is it that the NC Archives site won’t allow me to grab an image of a stinking will and let me post it? (trust me folks, I can easily work around their pitiful attempt to make that impossible).  SC Archives has a “save file” feature…. hmm.  Familysearch.org has a “save” feature.   And why is it that Chowan County refused to let the Mormans take photos of “their” precious records when every other county in NC allowed them access?  hmmm?

Sorry to rant… this nonsense drives me nuts… I’m just trying to figger out who my ggggggdaddy was…  it would also be nice if the NC Archives would figure out what a digital camera is.

To NC Archives… here’s a (gasp) capitalist idea… hire a young kid, give him/her a digital camera capable cell phone (c’mon make a deal with your local cell phone company)… when a request for a record is emailed in just snap a picture and email it back to the requester….. (use PayPal or whatever) … this isn’t rocket surgery.  Better hurry tho’  SC may see this post.