“Top Ten Rules of Genealogy”

A Case in Plagiarism

©2013 Michael HaitAll rights reserved

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Proof of Copyright

Originally posted by Michael Hait at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.

Cached webpage dated 29 June 2008.Accessed through Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, 6 July 2013.

The same article posted in blog on Genealogy Wise on 8 July 2009.

http://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/blogs/top-ten-rules-of-genealogy

Accessed 6 July 2013.

The same article posted in blog on Genealogy Wise on 8 July 2009.

http://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/blogs/top-ten-rules-of-genealogy

Accessed 6 July 2013.

The same article reprinted (with permission) in an August 2009 newsletter.

Lorain County Computer Users Group, Interface, Volume 21, no. 8 (Aug 2009), 5–6.

Available online at http://www.lccug.com/newsletters/200908.pdf : accessed 6 July 2013.

• Randy Seaver, “Best of the Genea-Blogs - July 5-11, 2009,” Genea-Musings blog, posted 12 July 2009 (http://www.geneamusings.com/2009/07/best-of-genea-blogs-july-5-11-2009.html : accessed 6 July 2013).

• Dawn Watson, “A Sunday Walk Around the Blogs,” Genealogical Research: A Hobby or an Obsession? (now Digging in the Roots: A Genealogical Odyssey) blog, posted 26 July 2009 (http://genealogical.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/a-sunday-walk-around-the-blogs-3/ : accessed 6 July 2013).

• Randy Seaver, “Interesting Genealogy Blog Articles,” Chula Vista Genealogy Café blog, posted 11 August 2009 (http://cvgencafe.blogspot.com/2009/08/interesting-genealogy-blog-articles.html : accessed 6 July 2013).

Mentions of the article in other blogs

Current location of the article:

http://haitfamilyresearch.com/geneTips.htmAccessed 6 July 2013.

Proof of Violation

Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.

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your-sources :

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your-sources :

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your-sources :

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source-of-information :

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source-of-information :

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original-records :

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derivative-and-secondary-sources :

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derivative-and-secondary-sources :

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assume-anything :

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assume-anything :

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problem-can-be-solved :

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problem-can-be-solved :

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why-you-do-it :

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why-you-do-it :

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You be the judge.

Plagiarism?