Geraldine, Yes and I deeply appreciate your insight and logic. I was surprised at the response to my suggestion. Thank you for thoughfulness for the New Year. Patti > Patti obviously meant YOUR mother...NOT all mothers! > Geraldine > > X-Message: #2 > Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:36:01 +0000 > From: <pattee@charter.net> > To: BOONE-L@rootsweb.com > Message-Id: <3khdbt$fjf4as@mxip05a.cluster1.charter.net> > Subject: Boone Lines > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I want to thank everyone who has graciously shared their lines to the list. > There are some who have included dates which really assists me in keeping > everything straight. I lost some data and this has been so helpful for me. > I don't wish to have anyone stop their wonderful work, but do have a > suggestion. Because of the rapid amount of idenity thief, mother's maiden names should > be excluded. I'm not that informed on how this is done, but this is one of > the reasons the federal government wants to place a limit on how much > information can be accessed. > I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and the brick walls come down. > Good Hunting to ALL. > Patti