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Romanyjib is about researching for ancestors. Anything anyone posts on the internet is in the public domain where anybody can see this information.
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The moderators of this site will remove Threads/posts that we feel or have been told by members to be offensive or breaching rules as soon as humanly possible,however,
it is impossible for us to review all the messages on a 24/7 basis.

Please read : If you breach these Terms of Use:If you post information which come's from another site
Please look first if the site in question allows"fair use "and check their copyright infringement rules
If you then decide to post information from another site please show the address of the site in question in order to respect the work of the author and of the site owner.

Please ensure your comments are respectful and remain focused on the topic for which this group was established. The creator and administrators of this Group can not assume liability for the views expressed and accuracy of information provided by contributors posting on this site and in discussion topics.
The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the creator or administrators of this Group

Use of RomanyGypsy/Jib
Members may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use Romany/GypsyJib content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use.
You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any Romany/GypsyJib content except for your own personal, non-commercial use
Any other use of GypsyJib content requires the prior written permission of the site.

You agree to use Romany/GypsyJib only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of this site.
Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within Romany/GypsyJib site.

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All members should agree to use Romany/GypsyJib in accordance with the following Community Rules.

About your posts:

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PLEASE contact Moderators as soon as you possibly can by PM
All the messages posted on this site express the sight and opinion of their respective authors/members and not those of the moderators (except messages posted by them) and consequently, they cannot be held responsible for all discussions.


Contributions must be civil and tasteful

No disruptive, offensive or abusive behaviour: contributions must be constructive and polite, not mean-spirited or contributed with the intention of causing trouble.

No unlawful or objectionable content: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable.

No inappropriate (e.g. vulgar, offensive etc) user names

"Political lobbying is not allowed"
Due to problems on other boards and in the past , this board is purely a history and Genealogy site and we would like to keep it just that ! and with this in mind there will be no posts concerning Political or religious views or discussions there are many other boards that cover these topics .

Safety:

We advise that you never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example: telephone number, home address or email address), and please do not include postal addresses of any kind.

About the law:

You may not submit any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in Romany/GypsyJib. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio.

Contributing material with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act is strictly prohibited.

If you breach these Terms of Use:

If you fail to abide by these Community Rules you will be sent an e-mail which informs you why your contribution has been failed
This email will also include a warning that continuing to break the rules may result in action being taken against your account or accounts.

In certain cases its up to the Site owners if they feel its not needed to explain reasons for banishment and deletion of posts the said person's account will be banned and posts will be deleted without prior warning

Further action may include your relevant account or accounts being permanently deleted preventing your ability to participate or post in any of the Romany/GypsyJib forums.

If you post or send offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on or to GypsyJib or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on the site, and the Management considers such behaviour to be serious and/or repeated, Romany/GypsyJib may use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop any further such infringements.
We reserve the right to delete any contribution, or take action against any account, at any time, for any reason if it is in breach of these terms.

Acknowledgments & permissions:

Extracts from "My Gypsy Days" By Dora Yates kindly reproduced with permission :- "Copyright" © 2009 Estate of the late Dora E. Yates".



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1. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to a Wetpaint site hosted on a network of websites and created with technology developed by wetpaint.com, inc. ("Wetpaint")(the "Site"). Wetpaint provides online collaborative website services to you on this Site subject to the following Terms of Use. By using this Site, you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time without further notice. The Site will provide notice of material changes to these Terms of Use by updating the "Last updated" date set forth above. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms of Use, your only recourse is to immediately cease use of the Site. Your continued use of the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. We encourage you to review the Terms of Use each time you visit the Site to see if it has been updated since your last visit.

2. SUBMISSIONS

You understand and agree that all postings, comments, edits, feedback, suggestions, ideas, photographs, images, notes, drawings, concepts, and other information, content, or materials posted on, transmitted through, or linked from the Site, either online or offline and whether or not solicited by the Site (collectively, "Submissions"), are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Submissions originated. The Site is and shall be under no obligation (a) to maintain any Submissions in confidence; (b) to store or maintain the Submissions, electronically or otherwise; (c) to pay any compensation for any Submissions or any use thereof; or (d) to respond to any user in connection with or to use any Submissions. Neither the Site nor Wetpaint shall be liable for any use, non-use, or disclosure of any Submissions. You represent that, regarding any Submissions contributed by you that: (a) Submissions will not violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, right of privacy, right of publicity, or other intellectual property, personal, or proprietary right(s); and (b) you are the owner of and/or have the right to provide such Submissions to us in accordance with this Agreement. You further represent that no such Submissions will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, or obscene material. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Submissions you make.

As part of its product platform, Wetpaint offers a "private sites" option to our users. Wetpaint has taken certain technical measures to protect the privacy of these sites and to prevent unauthorized viewing of their content. However, Wetpaint does not guarantee that private sites are completely secure. These sites may be vulnerable to hostile cyber hacking by third parties and therefore should be used at your own risk.

Wetpaint reserves the right to remove sites from public view, delete, or purge the content with or without cause, with or without notice for any reason, including, without limitation if we determine in our sole discretion that the content is harmful, offensive, illegal, or inappropriate for the subject matter of the Site. Furthermore, Wetpaint may terminate this Agreement, or terminate or suspend your access to the Site and remove and discard any Submissions at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice.

3. NOTIFICATION OF CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Wetpaint respects the intellectual property of others and we require our users to do the same. If you believe that any material on the Site infringes upon any copyright you own or control, or that any link on the Site directs users to another website containing material that infringes upon any copyright you own or control, you may file a notification of such infringement with our Designated Copyright Agent as set forth below.

Notice and Procedure for Notifying Designated Agent of Claims of Copyright Infringement

Wetpaint will respond expeditiously to notices of alleged infringement that are reported to Wetpaint's Designated Agent. Contact Wetpaint's Designated Agent as follows:

Jeremy Clemans
710 Second Avenue, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: (206) 859-6349
Fax: (206) 859-6301
Email: copyright@wetpaint.com

Information pertaining to Wetpaint's Designated Agent can also be found at: http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/list/w_agents.html.

If you believe that your copyright has been infringed upon, please submit written notification to Wetpaint's Designated Agent as specified above and include the following:

• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed upon, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
• Identification of the material that you're claiming has been infringed upon or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
• Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
• Both of the following statements:
  • "I hereby state that I have a good-faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g. as a fair use)."
  • "I hereby state that the information in this notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright, or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."
• Your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

Infringer Policy: In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, and other applicable law, Wetpaint has adopted a policy of banning, in appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Wetpaint may also at its sole discretion limit access to any website hosted by Wetpaint and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe upon any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

Counter Policy: A poster of allegedly infringing material may make a counter-notification pursuant to Sections 512(g)(2) and 512(g)(3) of the DMCA. When Wetpaint receives a counter-notification, it may in its sole discretion reinstate the material in question. To provide a counter-notification, please submit written notification to Wetpaint's Designated Agent as specified above and include the following:

• Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled by Wetpaint and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access was disabled.
• A statement as follows: "I hereby state, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake of misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
• Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
• A statement as follows: "I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located or, if any address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Wetpaint may be found, and I will accept service of process from the complaining party who notified Wetpaint of the alleged infringement or an agent of such person."
• Your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

4. USER CONDUCT

You agree to not use the Site to:

• Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, bullying, harassing, false, inaccurate, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or that violates any applicable law;
• Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that we deem adult or pornographic in nature.
• Harm minors in any way;
• Create a Wetpaint site that is directed to an audience under 13 years of age;
• Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
• Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the Site;
• Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
• Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party;
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