| During 2010 we became
aware that entries in our databases were being both copied and
linked to via Social Networking Sites.
These Social Networking Sites attract
daily attention from the major Search Engines, who, unknowingly
include both dead and incorrect links within their own search
results.
We have always encouraged and
welcomed promotion of our website via links to the Homepage.
However external links to specific pages within the Surname and
Photo Database become extinct every time we update our
information. This results in visitors who link directly to
the database seeing either the wrong family, (an incorrect link)
or an error message from our server (a dead link).
All of this resulted in our
receiving so many complaints from those who seek to discover their
family roots rather than just copy and paste bits of information,
that we had no alternative but to remove the databases from the
public domain.
We regret having to do this, as the
database has been compiled over many years and has involved many
thousands of hours. Pages other than those within the
database are not affected although we must remind everyone that
the information contained within is subject to copyright.
We would like to remind all
visitors to our site that Copyright is applied to either ourselves
or third parties from whom we have the consent to reproduce.
All Photographs and Pages remain subject to copyright.
Please contact us for information if you wish to reproduce
anything.
All the information and data
remains secure on our own computers and we welcome enquiries.
Thank you
Sharon & Peter Chaboyer- Lawford
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