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Karen,
I have accused you of nothing. I do, however,
have in my possession the first letter you wrote to me when you found all of my
material in the LDS library in Salt Lake.
At that time you were unsure of your own lineage
(which is not that of Peter Sinclair). As I have a large number of LDS
members who subscribe to my works, I try to see that their library gets a copy
of all my published works - including the volume Sinkler-Sinclair-St. Clair
UPDATE 1996 which included the chronology of Peter Sinclair of Chatham County,
North Carolina and his son, John Sinclair of Anson County, North Carolina.
This derived originally from a compilation of all my records and about 20 years
of research by about 20 descendants of this branch. I sent my compilation
to Bart Sinclair who redesigned it with his wonderful computer expertise, added
documentation that was new and sent it back to me to be printed for the good of
all.
You state that you do not know who originally did
the research. As an author, it is your responsibility and legally it is
your responsibility to document where your material was derived from.
I am entering the hospital again today and do not
wish to continue this subject. I was just letting you know that there have
been numerous packages sent to me with material purporting to be your research
that my subscribers recognized as my work.
I have ordered a copy of your book. I hope it
is new material and I will be the first to congratulate you on new material as
that is the goal of all of us. It is necessary that I know what is in the
book in order that I do not spend my time duplicating the work of
others.
Many people have contacted me wanting permission to
use my work. I recently sent about 200 pages to a descendant of a Virginia
branch who wants to publish her own book. Since it is her line, I feel
that it is only right that she do so. I gave her permission only on the
condition that she give credit to the list of people I gave her who had spent
the past 20 or so years researching the line.
I apologize if you took my letter as a reflection
on your reputation. It certainly wasn't meant to be such.
Jean Grigsby
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