I've received several of these also over the past week. I think somebody must have too much time on their hands so they're playing policeman on the boards. I've rejected them all because, as Joan said, the information is already in the newspapers and on newspaper web sites. Marilyn ------------original message-------------- In a message dated 11/22/2009 12:06:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, wendy.howard@gmail.com writes: I've had an objection to http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.aulenbacher/66/mb.ashx and http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.aulenbacher/62/mb.ashx with the comment "include identifiable information about living people without their direct consent" These posts are transcriptions of newspaper obituaries. Do you agree? Part of me does, but another part sees that this are copies of things that have appeared in newspapers and therefore already out in the public arena.