Ancestry has the information until the committee meets. Then, depending on what the committee decides, Ancestry may or may not continue to have access. It comes down to a conflict between those who want to trace their ancestors and those who are very worried about identity theft. Seems like a good compromise would be to withhold information on deaths for 10 or 20 years. Diane

Actually, one of the bills before Congress will completely suppress the SSDI from the public. There is no room for any compromise in that Bill. Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:13 PM, <DLCulhane@cs.com> wrote: > Ancestry has the information until the committee meets. Then, depending on > what the committee decides, Ancestry may or may not continue to have > access. > It comes down to a conflict between those who want to trace their ancestors > and those who are very worried about identity theft. Seems like a good > compromise would be to withhold information on deaths for 10 or 20 years. > > Diane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church.