From shelby@lists.trolinger.com Sat Nov 5 22:49:57 2005
From: shelby@lists.trolinger.com (Judith A Trolinger)
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:49:57 -0600
Subject: [shelby research]SHELBY SCAM ALERT!
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This will apply to just about any surname..
I received the word on the following from Francis Keenan-His wife is a
descendant of Joshua and Susanna Shelby:
Shelby Researcher [Richard V Shelby] called to ask me [Francis Keenan] a
question about an ad for a Shelby book and a disc which he recently
received. I had not heard about this one. Sounds like a rip-off to me. Here
is what I know.
A seller at 1181 S. Parker Rd., Suite 105, Denver Co 80231-2152, is
advertising a book ...International Shelby Family Yearbook. Published by
Morph Corp., LLC, Publishers of the International Shelby Family
News. Price $99. YIKES!
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My response -Judy -
I tried a google search on the name of the book first- when it came up
zero, I began to smell fish...Being familiar with Halbarts of Ohio scam,
dating back to the late 1960s, is what caused me to try the Corp. name...bingo!
I like this web site and to check it from time to time -This will give you
more info-and yes, it is a safe site...If you don't want to click on this
just go to rootsweb and find the link...
http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/shame/morphcorp.htm
The scam has gone high tech - Years ago it was Halberts of Bath Ohio,
printing family books -Postal officials have tried for years to shut them
down - They started out charging $10.OO for a book on your surname -which
amounted to a few how-to tips, a coat of arms, and a list of your surname
taken from telephone books-the pages weren't even numbered.
They need to be stopped -- and these are apt to sell like crazy over the
I'net..
Judy
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This will apply to just about any surname..
I received the word on the following from Francis Keenan-His wife is a
descendant of Joshua and Susanna Shelby:
Shelby Researcher [Richard V Shelby] called to
ask me [Francis Keenan] a question about an ad for a Shelby book and a
disc which he recently received. I had not heard about this one. Sounds
like a rip-off to me. Here is what I know.
A seller at 1181 S. Parker Rd., Suite 105,
Denver Co 80231-2152, is advertising a book ...International Shelby
Family Yearbook. Published by Morph Corp., LLC, Publishers of the
International Shelby Family News. Price $99. YIKES!
++++++
My response -Judy -
I tried a google search on the name of the book first- when it came up
zero, I began to smell fish...Being familiar with Halbarts of Ohio scam,
dating back to the late 1960s, is what caused me to try the Corp.
name...bingo!
I like this web site and to check it from time to time -This will give
you more info-and yes, it is a safe site...If you don't want to click on
this just go to rootsweb and find the link...
http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/shame/morphcorp.htm
The scam has gone high tech - Years ago it was Halberts of Bath Ohio,
printing family books -Postal officials have tried for years to shut them
down - They started out charging $10.OO for a book on your surname -which
amounted to a few how-to tips, a coat of arms, and a list of your surname
taken from telephone books-the pages weren't even numbered.
They need to be stopped -- and these are apt to sell like crazy over the
I'net..
Judy
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From shelby@lists.trolinger.com Sat Nov 5 23:41:22 2005
From: shelby@lists.trolinger.com (shelby@lists.trolinger.com)
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:41:22 EST
Subject: [shelby research]SHELBY SCAM ALERT!
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Judy,
thanks for the update... with so many Shelby descendents.. someone is out
to make a killing on some people....... not I..... I have Johnnies CD plus
my own research..I sure hope people dont fall for this.. would be interesting
to see just what all they have on Shelbys tho.. and I wonder if it came off
of message boards or just where they got their info.. always some one after
an illegal buck!
Thanks,
Judy R
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From shelby@lists.trolinger.com Sat Nov 5 23:43:50 2005
From: shelby@lists.trolinger.com (Judith A Trolinger)
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:43:50 -0600
Subject: [shelby research]SHELBY SCAM ALERT!
In-Reply-To: <23f.7a1806.309e9d22@aol.com>
References: <23f.7a1806.309e9d22@aol.com>
Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20051105174056.029545b0@mail.hilconet.com>
Hi Judy too...I would surmise they are downloading all those gedcom
files...the message boards are making it harder to copy them in mass..
Glad you have Johnnie's CD, not sure how many she sold....Her health hasn't
been good and I haven't heard from her in several months.
Judy
At 05:41 PM 11/5/05, you wrote:
>Judy,
> thanks for the update... with so many Shelby descendents.. someone is
> out to make a killing on some people....... not I..... I have Johnnies
> CD plus my own research..I sure hope people dont fall for this.. would be
> interesting to see just what all they have on Shelbys tho.. and I wonder
> if it came off of message boards or just where they got their
> info.. always some one after an illegal buck!
> Thanks,
> Judy R