“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.
Compare with this post dated 24 November 2012, fromhttp://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/978-barry-s-gentips-199-document-
your-sources :
Compare with this post dated 24 November 2012, fromhttp://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/978-barry-s-gentips-199-document-
your-sources :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 26 November 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/979-barry-s-gentips-200-review-
your-sources :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 28 November 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/980-barry-s-gentips-202-know-the-
source-of-information :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 28 November 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/980-barry-s-gentips-202-know-the-
source-of-information :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 30 November 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/981-barry-s-gentips-203-get-local :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 30 November 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/981-barry-s-gentips-203-get-local :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 2 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/982-barry-s-gentips-204-use-
original-records :
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Compare with this post dated 4 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/983-barry-s-gentips-205-use-
derivative-and-secondary-sources :
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Compare with this post dated 4 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/983-barry-s-gentips-205-use-
derivative-and-secondary-sources :
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Compare with this post dated 6 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/985-barry-s-gentips-206-never-
assume-anything :
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assume-anything :
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Compare with this post dated 8 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/986-barry-s-gentips-207-not-every-
problem-can-be-solved :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 8 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/986-barry-s-gentips-207-not-every-
problem-can-be-solved :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 10 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/987-barry-s-gentips-208-remember-
why-you-do-it :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
Compare with this post dated 10 December 2012, from http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/987-barry-s-gentips-208-remember-
why-you-do-it :
Original text, as posted at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/genetips.aspx in 2007.
You be the judge.
Plagiarism?
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